Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Loures 1st with 28 points, Viana Alentejo 8th with 2, 26 apart. The last five rounds placed Viana Alentejo no better than 64th for form, against 8th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Loures 2.14 scored and 0.93 conceded per game, Viana Alentejo 0.86 and 3.21, with the league averaging 1.27.
Defeat had followed defeat for Viana Alentejo — four in succession, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
The match was played at Campo de Jogos José Silva Faria in Loures (capacity 1,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.