| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Cities | 13 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10/15 | 11-5 |
| Salem City | 15 | W4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12/15 | 12-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2018-06-12 – 2021-05-18) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-18 | Salem City | 3-1 | Tri-Cities |
| 2018-06-12 | Tri-Cities | 4-0 | Salem City |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Cities | 26 | 14 | 24 | 12 | WDWLW | 16 | +10 |
| Salem City | 3 | 14 | 34 | 35 | LWDWW | 16 | -13 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-06-23
10 points and 23 places separated them: Tri-Cities 26th with 24, Salem City 3rd with 34. Salem City ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Against a league average of 1.62 goals per team per game, Tri-Cities ran at 2 scored and 1.14 conceded, Salem City at 3.43 and 0.93.
Salem City entered with four wins in a row.
On the scoreboard, Tri-Cities led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
