Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Brisbane Strikers (2nd, 42 pts) and SWQ Thunder (11th, 18 pts). Recent form told a different story for Brisbane Strikers: only 8th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, SWQ Thunder were scoring 1.24 and conceding 2.71, Brisbane Strikers 2.36 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.91 goals per team per game.
SWQ Thunder arrived off three straight defeats. Brisbane Strikers had won three straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for SWQ Thunder, 12/15 for Brisbane Strikers.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 2 for SWQ Thunder, 5 for Brisbane Strikers and 2 drawn, at 4.22 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was Clive Berghofer Stadium in Toowoomba, with room for 9,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.