Match Report
In the standings it was Kings Hammer Columbus 4th on 18 points, West Virginia Chaos 1st on 28 — separated by 10. Recent form told a different story for West Virginia Chaos: only 69th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: Kings Hammer Columbus 1.67 scored and 1.42 conceded per game, West Virginia Chaos 1.83 and 1, with the league averaging 1.87.
West Virginia Chaos were unbeaten in 11, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Kings Hammer Columbus 6/15, West Virginia Chaos 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Kings Hammer Columbus wins, 3 for West Virginia Chaos, 0 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 60%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kings Hammer Columbus led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Kings Hammer Columbus: Lucas Brinkman (28'), Henry Hutchinson (43'), Harper Gillen (90') · West Virginia Chaos: Caio Moraes (49')