Match Report
46 points separated the sides: Santa Clara 1st on 73, Vilaverdense 17th on 27. Vilaverdense had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Against a league average of 1.22 goals per team per game, Vilaverdense ran at 0.88 scored and 1.74 conceded, Santa Clara at 1.41 and 0.56.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Santa Clara.
J. Costa Teixeira Afonso officiated: 37 games logged, averaging 2.2 yellow cards each. The venue was Estádio EFAPEL in Coimbra, with room for 30,210 spectators. On the scoreboard, Santa Clara led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.