Maranhão took control of this Brasileiro Série C meeting with a blistering start, scoring three times inside the opening 25 minutes and finishing comfortable 4-1 winners over Itabaiana. The home side’s early attacking burst settled the contest before the half-hour mark.
Jorge Rocha opened the scoring after six minutes, Lucão Gomes doubled the lead on 12 and Felipe made it 3-0 on 25, with Vagalume providing assists for two of those goals. Júlio Henrique pulled one back for Itabaiana on 35, but Rosivan’s strike on 52 restored Maranhão’s three-goal cushion.
Without detailed match statistics, the decisive factor was Maranhão’s ruthless finishing in the opening exchanges. Vagalume stood out by setting up two of the first three goals, while Itabaiana never recovered from the early damage.
