Match Report
30 points separated the sides: Port Melbourne 5th on 45, Bentleigh Greens 13th on 15. Per game in the league, Bentleigh Greens were scoring 0.92 and conceding 1.96, Port Melbourne 2.04 and 1.31, against a competition average of 1.68 goals per team per game.
Bentleigh Greens arrived off three straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Bentleigh Greens held 4 points of 15 and Port Melbourne 12.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bentleigh Greens 2, draws 2, Port Melbourne 1, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. 80% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
Kingston Heath Soccer Complex in Melbourne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.