Match Report
17 points separated the sides: Long Island Rough Riders 3rd on 24, Staten Island Athletic 7th on 7. Staten Island Athletic had been under-performing their position — 124th on five-round form against 7th in the table.
Staten Island Athletic arrived off three straight defeats. Long Island Rough Riders came in having won three on the spin. Over the last five, Staten Island Athletic had taken 4 of 15 points to Long Island Rough Riders's 13.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Staten Island Athletic, 1 draw and 3 for Long Island Rough Riders, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more.