Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Marist Fire (6th, 28 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Southern United (12th, 7 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Southern United 0.73 scored and 2.64 conceded per game, Marist Fire 1.27 and 1.77, with the league averaging 1.86.
Marist Fire had gone 8 games without a win.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Southern United have 1 win to Marist Fire's 0, with 3 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.