Match Report
Western Mass Pioneers went into the game 27th in the table on 22 points; Great Barrington sat 19th on 26 — a 4-point gap. Western Mass Pioneers had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 27th overall. Per game in the league, Western Mass Pioneers were scoring 1.57 and conceding 1.29, Great Barrington 2.42 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.74 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Western Mass Pioneers held 4 points of 15 and Great Barrington 10.
Lusitano Stadium, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.