Match Report
Progresso (2nd, 26 pts) visited Verdes (1st, 30 pts) with 4 points between them. The last five rounds placed Progresso no better than 6th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Verdes were scoring 2.58 and conceding 0.33, Progresso 2.42 and 1, against a competition average of 1.93 goals per team per game.
Verdes had won 13 straight, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Verdes had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Progresso, 7.
15 meetings are on record — 9 won by Verdes, 4 by Progresso, 2 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings.
The venue was Norman Broaster Stadium, with room for 2,000 spectators.




