Match Report
The table read 1st (União Santarém, 55 pts) against 3rd (Lusitânia, 48 pts), 7 points apart. On recent form Lusitânia sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, União Santarém ran at 2 scored and 0.88 conceded, Lusitânia at 1.46 and 0.92.
União Santarém had won six straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Lusitânia came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Campo Chã das Padeiras (Marvila) in Marvila hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.