Another big round of Eastern Football Netball League action approaches this saturday, so take a look behind the curtain with Noel McPhee’s Statsbench.
Division P Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakSouth Croydon16Rowville140SC 2Norwood10Noble Park150N 1Vermont23Doncaster60V 2Berwick–North Ringwood–––Blackburn12Balwyn180Blk 1Doncaster East Bye
North Ringwood will rack up a half-century of EFNL opponents with their first meeting with Berwick as both sides look to get their second win of the season.Division 1 Round 5Wins WinsDrawsStreakCroydon27Mitcham360C 3East Ringwood3Mooroolbark10ER 1Montrose–Park Orchards–––Upper FTG5Bayswater190UG 3^Lilydale27Wantirna South21L 4
Montrose will play Park Orchards as their 48th EFNL opponent and Montrose will become Park Orchards’ 32nd EFNL opponent with both teams coming off losses.
With a 3-1 record to start 2021, East Ringwood has recorded their best start to a season since 2011.Division 2 Round 5Wins WinsDrawsStreakHeathmont7Templestowe210T 1Boronia26The Basin80B 7Mulgrave6Knox131K 4^South Belgrave2Ringwood60R 6^
Boronia and The Basin first met in the EFNL in 1967 and have crossed paths in every decade since.Division 3 Round 5Wins WinsDrawsStreakDonvale9Scoresby121S 4Warrandyte8Glen Waverley10W 6^Waverley Blues4East Burwood20EB 1Ferntree Gully9Whitehorse140FTG 5^Fair Park Bye
Donvale won seven of their first nine games against Scoresby but only two of the past 13.Division 4 Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakSilvan9Nunawading50S 9^Forest Hill23Surrey Park120SP 2Kilsyth9Chirnside Park70K 1Croy North MLOC0Coldstream20C 2^
Silvan and Nunawading’s first match-up was in 1963.
All figures are for men’s EFL matches 1962 – 2021 rd3/4.
* Statsbench Research Department
^ Best Winning Streak against this opponent
Current Streaks:
W4 Mooroolbark, The Basin
L19 Croydon North-MLOC
Acknowledgment: localfootystats.com
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