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.
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.