Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — União Santarém 1st with 55 points, Peniche 9th with 37, 18 apart. Peniche had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Peniche ran at 1.08 scored and 1.5 conceded, União Santarém at 2 and 0.88.
União Santarém entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for Peniche, 12/15 for União Santarém.
The venue was Estádio do Peniche in Peniche, with room for 3,500 spectators. União Santarém led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.