Match Report
Feirense, 16th on 31 points, faced a 42-point deficit to Santa Clara (1st, 73). Feirense had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Clara 1.41 scored and 0.56 conceded per game, Feirense 0.91 and 1.44, with the league averaging 1.22.
Defeat had not touched Santa Clara in 5 games. The last-five ledger: Santa Clara 11/15, Feirense 5/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Santa Clara win, 0 for Feirense, 3 draws, at 4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,277. On the scoreboard, Santa Clara led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-1 the final score.