Match Report
33 points separated the sides: Estoril 1st on 70, Sporting Covilhã 11th on 37. The last five rounds placed Estoril no better than 8th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Sporting Covilhã were scoring 1.06 and conceding 1.24, Estoril 1.62 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Estoril.
Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto in Covilhã, capacity 2,055, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Estoril led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.