Match Report
Sioux Falls Thunder went into the game 5th in the table on 8 points; Duluth sat 2nd on 21 — a 13-point gap. Sioux Falls Thunder's recent output lagged their position: 42nd on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Against a league average of 2.26 goals per team per game, Sioux Falls Thunder ran at 1.3 scored and 2.8 conceded, Duluth at 2.6 and 0.9.
Sioux Falls Thunder's winless run stood at 6. Sioux Falls Thunder had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Duluth, 8.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sioux Falls Thunder 0, draws 1, Duluth 5, at 4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
On the scoreboard, Duluth led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Duluth: 3 goals with no recorded scorer