Match Report
17 points separated the sides: Sacavenense 1st on 40, Farense 3rd on 23. Sacavenense's recent output lagged their position: 32nd on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Sacavenense ran at 1.44 scored and 0.33 conceded, Farense at 1.64 and 1.07.
Farense had not lost in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Sacavenense against 13/15 for Farense.
The venue was Campo do Sacavenense in Sacavém, with room for 3,100 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.