Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Buriram United 1st with 58 points, Chainat Hornbill 15th with 30, 28 apart. Chainat Hornbill ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Buriram United were scoring 1.7 and conceding 0.83, Chainat Hornbill 1.03 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Chainat Hornbill had lost three in a row. The last-five ledger: Buriram United 10/15, Chainat Hornbill 3/15.
Buriram Stadium in Buriram, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.