Match Report
The table read 3rd (Sparta, 5 pts) against 1st (Moto Club MA, 13 pts), 8 points apart. On recent form Sparta sat only 50th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sparta 1 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Moto Club MA 1 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.32.
Moto Club MA carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this. Sparta had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Moto Club MA, 13.
Estádio Leôncio de Souza Miranda in Araguaína staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Moto Club MA led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sparta: Tardelly (6'), Jean (46'), Val Barreto (72' og) · Moto Club MA: Dieguinho (9'), Romero (42')