Match Report
4 points for Iape (6th), 13 for Sampaio Corrêa (3rd): a 9-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Iape: only 89th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Iape were scoring 1.11 and conceding 2, Sampaio Corrêa 1.33 and 0.56, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Iape for 6 matches. The last-five ledger: Iape 2/15, Sampaio Corrêa 8/15.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 0 for Iape, 4 for Sampaio Corrêa and 2 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 17% of the wins in this fixture. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estádio Municipal Nhozinho Santos staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,900. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sampaio Corrêa led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Iape: Richarles (54') · Sampaio Corrêa: Gean Carlos Morais Almeida (45'), Itambé (56'), Esquerdinha (82')
Key stats
Possession: Iape 47% · Sampaio Corrêa 53% · Total shots: 10-15 · On target: 2-8 · Corners: 4-11