Match Report
Ferroviária (6th, 16 pts) visited Real Noroeste (3rd, 23 pts) with 7 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Ferroviária: only 47th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. In league terms the two rates read 1.36/0.93 for Real Noroeste and 1.07/1 for Ferroviária (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.16.
A win had eluded Real Noroeste for 6 matches. Ferroviária had not lost in 5 games. The last-five ledger: Real Noroeste 4/15, Ferroviária 11/15.
Estádio José Olímpio da Rocha in Águia Branca, capacity 5,200, hosted the game. The referee was P. Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho, with 41 matches in our database and 2.6 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Real Noroeste led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.