Match Report
The table read 6th (Marítimo II, 35 pts) against 3rd (Tirsense, 43 pts), 8 points apart. Recent form flatters Marítimo II's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Marítimo II were scoring 1.31 and conceding 1, Tirsense 1.42 and 0.92, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Tirsense carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this.
J. Marques Silva Salema took charge of the match — our records show 17 games refereed with an average of 3.5 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Campo da Imaculada Conceição in Ilha da Madeira (capacity 3,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tirsense led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.