Match Report
Salem City went into the game 7th in the table on 17 points; Tobacco Road sat 9th on 12 — a 5-point gap. On recent form Tobacco Road sat only 108th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Per game in the league, Salem City were scoring 1.71 and conceding 2.07, Tobacco Road 1.86 and 2.43, against a competition average of 1.87 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Tobacco Road for 5 matches.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 7 for Salem City, 0 for Tobacco Road and 2 drawn, at 3.22 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 11% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 78% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 78%.
The match was played at Macpherson Stadium (capacity 7,000). Tobacco Road led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Salem City: Tate Lorentz (90') · Tobacco Road: Jahmir Flowers (9'), Arden Tobolski (87'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer