Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Ferroviário (4th, 17 pts) held a 16-point advantage over Maranguape (10th, 1 pts). Recent form told a different story for Ferroviário: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Maranguape 0.33 scored and 2.11 conceded per game, Ferroviário 1.89 and 1.44, with the league averaging 1.68.
Maranguape had not won in 6 games. The last-five ledger: Maranguape 1/15, Ferroviário 7/15.
Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas in Fortaleza, capacity 63,903, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Ferroviário led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.