Match Report
Potiguar Mossoró went into the game 8th in the table on 7 points; Sousa sat 5th on 18 — an 11-point gap. Potiguar Mossoró ranked just 55th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Potiguar Mossoró 0.5 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Sousa 0.86 and 1, with the league averaging 1.12.
Potiguar Mossoró's last three games had all finished level. Over the last five, Potiguar Mossoró had taken 3 of 15 points to Sousa's 9.
Estádio Leonardo Nogueira staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Sousa led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Sousa: Diego Ceará (14')
Key stats
Possession: Potiguar Mossoró 66% · Sousa 34% · Total shots: 16-5 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 1-1