Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Northern Indiana (2nd, 24 pts) held a 20-point advantage over Toledo Villa (6th, 4 pts). Toledo Villa ranked just 149th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Toledo Villa were scoring 1.17 and conceding 2.58, Northern Indiana 1.92 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.87 goals per team per game.
Toledo Villa arrived off four straight defeats. Momentum sat with Northern Indiana, winners of their last three. The last-five ledger: Toledo Villa 3/15, Northern Indiana 9/15.
On the scoreboard, Northern Indiana led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.