Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nakhon Pathom 1st with 61 points, Army 13th with 19, 42 apart. Army ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Nakhon Pathom were scoring 2.19 and conceding 0.69, Army 1.12 and 1.73, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Nakhon Pathom's unbeaten run stood at 6. Five consecutive defeats weighed on Army. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Nakhon Pathom, 0/15 for Army.
The venue was School Stadium in Nakhon Pathom, with room for 6,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 9 second-half goals set the final 7-2.