Match Report
54 points for Spokane Velocity (3rd), 45 for Tormenta (7th): a 9-point gap. Tormenta had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Spokane Velocity 1.47 scored and 1.13 conceded per game, Tormenta 1.83 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.43.
Tormenta's unbeaten run stood at 9, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Spokane Velocity win, 0 for Tormenta, 3 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.