Match Report
In the standings it was Marinhense 11th on 41 points, Gafanha 6th on 48 — separated by 7. On recent form Gafanha sat only 37th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Marinhense 1.43 scored and 1.37 conceded per game, Gafanha 1.2 and 0.77, with the league averaging 1.26.
Gafanha had not lost in 7 games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Marinhense against 13/15 for Gafanha.
Campo da Portela in Marinha Grande staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.