Match Report
Sport Recife went into the game 2nd in the table on 12 points; Moto Club MA sat 7th on 7 — a 5-point gap. Moto Club MA ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Sport Recife were scoring 1.57 and conceding 1, Moto Club MA 1.14 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in Recife (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sport Recife led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 5-0.