Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Valadares Gaia 7th on 33, Vila Cortez 12th on 4. Valadares Gaia had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Valadares Gaia 1.64 scored and 1.23 conceded per game, Vila Cortez 0.36 and 3.91, with the league averaging 1.23.
Valadares Gaia came in having won three on the spin. Vila Cortez had lost 12 in a row. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Valadares Gaia, 0/15 for Vila Cortez.
Complexo Desportivo de Valadares in Valadares, capacity 750, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Valadares Gaia led 1-0 at the break; 7 second-half goals set the final 8-0.