Match Report
11 points and 3 places separated them: Vitória 5th with 14, Itabaiana 8th with 3. Recent form told a different story for Itabaiana: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Vitória were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.88, Itabaiana 1 and 2, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
The venue was Estádio Manoel Barradas in Salvador, with room for 30,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Itabaiana led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.