Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Bentleigh Greens (1st, 58 pts) and Eastern Lions (12th, 22 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Eastern Lions 1.38 scored and 2.23 conceded per game, Bentleigh Greens 1.73 and 0.77, with the league averaging 1.8.
Bentleigh Greens had not lost in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Eastern Lions, 3 by Bentleigh Greens, 0 drawn, at 4.6 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Gardiners Creek Reserve in Melbourne, capacity 1,500, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Bentleigh Greens led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.