Match Report
Avondale Heights, 1st with 61 points, sat 47 points above Melbourne Knights (14th, 14). Scoring rates set the scale: Avondale Heights 2.54 scored and 1.04 conceded per game, Melbourne Knights 1 and 2.76, with the league averaging 1.64.
Avondale Heights entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Melbourne Knights entered with six losses in a row. Over the last five, Avondale Heights had taken 12 of 15 points to Melbourne Knights's 0.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by Avondale Heights, 0 by Melbourne Knights, 5 drawn, at 3.67 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 22% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 78%.
Avenger Park in Melbourne, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. Avondale Heights led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 5-1 full-time score.