Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Port Darwin (4th, 40 pts) and Palmerston Rovers (8th, 20 pts). Per game in the league, Palmerston Rovers were scoring 1.79 and conceding 4.21, Port Darwin 3.13 and 2.83, against a competition average of 2.56 goals per team per game.
Palmerston Rovers had been beaten in three straight games.
Larrakia Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000. On the scoreboard, Palmerston Rovers led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Palmerston Rovers: 2 goals with no recorded scorer · Port Darwin: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Palmerston Rovers 58% · Port Darwin 42% · Total shots: 4-14 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 5-3




