Match Report
22 points separated the sides: Verdes 1st on 30, Benque 6th on 8. Benque had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.93 goals per team per game, Verdes ran at 2.58 scored and 0.33 conceded, Benque at 1.08 and 2.67.
Verdes arrived on a run of eight straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Verdes had taken 15 of 15 points to Benque's 6.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Verdes 7, draws 2, Benque 0, at 2.11 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 22% of those meetings. Historically tight: 22% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Norman Broaster Stadium (capacity 2,000).