Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Buffalo (2nd, 24 pts) and Erie Sports Center (7th, 0 pts). Erie Sports Center ranked just 149th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Against a league average of 1.87 goals per team per game, Erie Sports Center ran at 0.58 scored and 4 conceded, Buffalo at 2.83 and 1.17.
Defeat had followed defeat for Erie Sports Center — seven in succession. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Erie Sports Center against 8/15 for Buffalo.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Erie Sports Center, 4 by Buffalo, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings.
On the scoreboard, Buffalo led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-5.
Goal scorers
Buffalo: Shawn Richardson (7'), Ali Alomari (25'), Lovro Kostanjsek (45'), Ali Alomari (72'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer