Match Report
Maranhão went into the game 6th in the table on 14 points; Treze sat 7th on 6 — an 8-point gap. Treze had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Maranhão were scoring 1.75 and conceding 1.63, Treze 0.63 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
6 matches unbeaten backed Treze's arrival, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Nhozinho Santos in São Luís (capacity 11,429). D. Correia took charge of the match — our records show 41 games refereed with an average of 2.0 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.