Match Report
The table read 15th (Leixões, 38 pts) against 8th (Vilafranquense, 46 pts), 8 points apart. Vilafranquense had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Leixões were scoring 1.12 and conceding 1.44, Vilafranquense 1.24 and 1.06, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Leixões.
With 28 matches recorded and 2.8 yellow cards per game, J. Torres Bessa was the man in the middle. The venue was Estádio do Mar in Matosinhos, with room for 9,821 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.