Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Petro de Luanda 1st with 75 points, Recreativo da Caála 7th with 42, 33 apart. Recreativo da Caála ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Recreativo da Caála ran at 1 scored and 0.63 conceded, Petro de Luanda at 2.47 and 0.57.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Petro de Luanda, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 8/15 points for Recreativo da Caála, 15/15 for Petro de Luanda.
Estádio Mártires da Canhala staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Petro de Luanda led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.