Match Report
Itabaiana went into the game 4th in the table on 6 points; Sousa sat 2nd on 13 — a 7-point gap. Itabaiana had been under-performing their position — 36th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Itabaiana 0.63 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Sousa 0.88 and 0.63, with the league averaging 1.3.
The last-five ledger: Itabaiana 4/15, Sousa 10/15.
The match was played at Estádio Etelvino Mendonça (capacity 11,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.