Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Fort Wayne 1st with 28 points, Dayton Dutch Lions 5th with 8, 20 apart. Dayton Dutch Lions ranked just 110th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Against a league average of 1.71 goals per team per game, Dayton Dutch Lions ran at 0.73 scored and 1.55 conceded, Fort Wayne at 2 and 0.67.
Dayton Dutch Lions entered with three losses in a row. Over the last five, Dayton Dutch Lions had taken 3 of 15 points to Fort Wayne's 9.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Dayton Dutch Lions, 6 by Fort Wayne, 0 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 67% of the meetings went to the host. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The match was played at Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium in Dayton (capacity 3,000). Fort Wayne led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.