Match Report
17 points for Parnahyba (4th), 23 for FC Atlético Cearense (2nd): a 6-point gap. Parnahyba ranked just 39th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Parnahyba were scoring 1 and conceding 1.64, FC Atlético Cearense 1.57 and 1.07, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Parnahyba against 10/15 for FC Atlético Cearense.
Estádio Municipal Pedro Alelaf in Parnaiba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,700. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.