Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Southampton W 1st with 69 points, Cardiff City W 11th with 24, 45 apart. Per game in the league, Southampton W were scoring 3.81 and conceding 0.5, Cardiff City W 1.27 and 2, against a competition average of 1.81 goals per team per game.
Southampton W carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Cardiff City W — three in succession, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Southampton W held 13 points of 15 and Cardiff City W 3.
The venue was Snows Stadium (Totton, Hampshire) in Totton, Hampshire. On the scoreboard, Southampton W led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-1.