Match Report
12 points and 5 places separated them: Salem City 7th with 17, Asheville City 2nd with 29. On recent form Salem City sat only 69th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Salem City 1.71 scored and 2.07 conceded per game, Asheville City 1.71 and 0.57, with the league averaging 1.87.
Asheville City's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Salem City had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Asheville City, 9.
The venue was Macpherson Stadium, with room for 7,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.




