Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Eastern Suburbs W 1st with 56 points, West Coast Rangers W 4th with 37, 19 apart. West Coast Rangers W's recent output lagged their position: 9th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Against a league average of 2.15 goals per team per game, West Coast Rangers W ran at 2.48 scored and 1.1 conceded, Eastern Suburbs W at 3.67 and 0.71.
Eastern Suburbs W arrived on a run of ten straight wins, having scored in 13 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for West Coast Rangers W against 15/15 for Eastern Suburbs W.
Across 7 recorded meetings, West Coast Rangers W have 3 wins to Eastern Suburbs W's 2, with 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
The match was played at Fred Taylor Park.