Match Report
10 points and 3 places separated them: Leixões 14th with 37, Vilaverdense 17th with 27. Vilaverdense's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 17th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.85/1.12 for Leixões and 0.88/1.74 for Vilaverdense (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.22.
Leixões had drawn their last five.
The match was played at Estádio do Mar in Matosinhos (capacity 9,821). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.