Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Mattersburg 2nd with 25 points, Vardar 230th with 7, 18 apart. On recent form Vardar sat only 2290th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 230th overall. Against a league average of 1.64 goals per team per game, Mattersburg ran at 2.7 scored and 0.7 conceded, Vardar at 1 and 0.5.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Mattersburg, having scored in 12 consecutive games.
The venue was Pappelstadion in Mattersburg, with room for 15,700 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.