Match Report
East Timor went into the game 19th in the table on 0 points; Chinese Taipei sat 2nd on 6 — a 6-point gap. Chinese Taipei ranked just 74th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, East Timor ran at 0 scored and 3.5 conceded, Chinese Taipei at 3.5 and 0.
A win had eluded East Timor for 15 matches. The last-five ledger: East Timor 1/15, Chinese Taipei 8/15.
The venue was Kaohsiung National Stadium in Kaohsiung, with room for 55,000 spectators. Chinese Taipei led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-3.