Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Lionsbridge (1st, 34 pts) held a 16-point advantage over Northern Virginia (9th, 18 pts). Northern Virginia ranked just 86th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Against a league average of 1.87 goals per team per game, Northern Virginia ran at 2.86 scored and 1.93 conceded, Lionsbridge at 3.29 and 1.
Lionsbridge came in having won ten on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Northern Virginia, 15/15 for Lionsbridge.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Northern Virginia wins, 3 for Lionsbridge, 2 draws, at 4.57 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 86%.
Recreational Athletic Complex Field staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. On the scoreboard, Lionsbridge led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-4.