Match Report
Joondalup City went into the game 4th in the table on 36 points; Murdoch Uni Melville sat 10th on 22 — a 14-point gap. Murdoch Uni Melville had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Per game in the league, Joondalup City were scoring 1.64 and conceding 1.45, Murdoch Uni Melville 1.73 and 2.09, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Murdoch Uni Melville for 6 matches, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Joondalup City against 3/15 for Murdoch Uni Melville.
On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-2.