Match Report
Penedense (5th, 8 pts) visited Santa Rita (2nd, 15 pts) with 7 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Penedense: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Rita 1.57 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Penedense 0.86 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.33.
Santa Rita had won three straight. A win had eluded Penedense for 6 matches. The last-five ledger: Santa Rita 12/15, Penedense 2/15.
The venue was Estádio Olival Elias de Morais in Boca da Mata, with room for 2,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.




