Marcú 09 beat Viannense 2:0 in their Liga 3 Regular Season fixture on Saturday. The hosts took all three points at home, with goals from Ka and M. Douglas in the second half. Both sides entered the match sitting in the middle of the table, four points apart in fourth and fifth place.
Marcú 09 took the lead in the 66th minute when Ka found the net. The visitors had already lost Rashid to a red card in the 73rd minute after picking up two yellow cards. M. Douglas added a second goal for the hosts just a minute later, and the game settled into a comfortable rhythm for the home side.
The statistics tell a story of control without domination. Marcú 09 finished with 98 attacks to 74 and 38 shots combined, while Viannense managed only 14. By then, the visitors were chasing the game with a man down and could not create much. The hosts had 25 free kicks compared to 18, and their possession edge of 52 per cent showed they were dictating the tempo.
The result keeps Marcú 09 in fourth place on seven points from four games. Viannense remain fifth with five points, having won only once this season. The hosts have now moved two points clear of the visitors in the standings, and the gap feels bigger after the red card shifted the balance.
Marcú 09 were left exposed at times in the opening stages, but the yellow card to their own Pacheco in the 19th minute was a warning rather than a crisis. The team changed shape after Rashid's dismissal, and that adjustment is what separated them from the opposition.
