Match Report
In the standings it was El Salvador 1st on 15 points, Montserrat 4th on 3 — separated by 12. Montserrat had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, El Salvador were scoring 2 and conceding 1, Montserrat 0.5 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
El Salvador had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Montserrat, 3.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by El Salvador, 0 by Montserrat, 1 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador staged the fixture, a ground that holds 53,400. El Salvador led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
El Salvador: Rafael Tejada (9')