Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Northern Virginia (9th, 18 pts) and Patuxent (11th, 0 pts). Patuxent had been under-performing their position — 149th on five-round form against 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Northern Virginia were scoring 2.86 and conceding 1.93, Patuxent 0.29 and 4.07, against a competition average of 1.87 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Patuxent — 12 in succession. Over the last five, Northern Virginia had taken 6 of 15 points to Patuxent's 0.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Northern Virginia, 0 draws and 1 for Patuxent, at 4.33 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The match was played at Recreational Athletic Complex Field (capacity 1,500). Northern Virginia led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 6 goals for the 8-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Northern Virginia: Chris Niblock (11'), Otu Bisong (44'), Gage Lyons (54'), Gage Lyons (69'), Abdul-Azim Ismail (75'), Otu Bisong (81'), Gage Lyons (86'), Michael Radomski (90')
Key stats
Possession: Northern Virginia 49% · Patuxent 51% · Total shots: 22-8 · On target: 15-2 · Corners: 8-1