Match Report
3 points for Arbroath (1st), 0 for Auchinleck Talbot (4th): a 3-point gap. Arbroath ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Arbroath were scoring 3 and conceding 0, Auchinleck Talbot 0 and 3, against a competition average of 2 goals per team per game.
Auchinleck Talbot had won eight straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Arbroath had taken 9 of 15 points to Auchinleck Talbot's 15.
Gayfield Park in Arbroath staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,900. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Arbroath led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.