Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: União de Leiria (1st, 75 pts) held a 40-point advantage over Santa Iria (15th, 35 pts). Santa Iria had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: União de Leiria 1.71 scored and 0.68 conceded per game, Santa Iria 1.03 and 1.62, with the league averaging 1.12.
União de Leiria had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Santa Iria, 5.
R. Mendes took charge of the match — our records show 19 games refereed with an average of 0.5 yellow cards per game. The venue was Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria, with room for 6,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, União de Leiria led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-1.