Round 15 vs Lobethal

Round 15 of the Mortgage Choice Hills Football League sees the Woods travel play the Lobethal Tigers. After last weekends victory over Uraidla Districts, the fourth placed Woods will be looking to secure their third victory on the trot against the ninth placed Tigers.

In the previous match up between the sides in Round 6, a career high five goal haul from Daniel Benson held the Woods secure a 57 point victory over the Tigers at U-Install-It Kitchens Oval. So far in 2019, Blackwood has the fifth ranked attack in the competition averaging 63.6 points for and the third ranked defence averaging 59.9 points against. This compares to the Tigers who have the eighth ranked attack (53.5 points) and eighth ranked defence (83.2 points).

Going back in time, the Woods have a nine-and-four record in the 13 matches between the sides at Lobethal Oval since 2006. This includes a three match winning streak for the Woods by an average of 60 points. Across all of the 13 matches since 2006, Blackwood has kicked 160 goals at 52.3 percent compared to the Tigers who have kicked 110 goals at 50.2 percent.