- Boroondara-Carey Eagles have won four of the last five NPLW Victoria matches against Bentleigh Greens, including a 3-1 win in February 2026.
- Boroondara-Carey Eagles have won four of their last five league matches, scoring three or more goals in four of those games.
- Bentleigh Greens have lost their last five NPLW matches with a combined goal difference of -18, including 5-0 and 5-3 defeats.
Boroondara-Carey Eagles are too good for Bentleigh
Boroondara-Carey Eagles are heavy 1.17 favourites for Friday’s game at Bentleigh, and rightly so as the side from the south-east has a much better form, squad depth, and league position than the bottom club.
The Eagles are 5th in the 2026 NPL Victoria Women’s table with 28 points from 15 games, 35 goals scored and only 24 conceded. Their visitors are at the bottom with zero points from 15 matches and 67 goals conceded. Boroondara have won 4 of their last 5 league matches, which have included 5-2 and 3-0 victories, losing points just once.
Boroondara’s midfield dynamo and club talisman Candela Ferreyra Bas is usually the centre of attention when this team plays as she drives attacks at will and leads by example. But the coaching staff have crafted a team that can score goals from wide areas and in numbers when they work at their set pieces and direct play. Emma Vane, Kanako Higuchi and Sarah Brunner have been recent goals threats for the Eagles, with Higuchi particularly effective from set pieces, while Vane and Brunner are the playmakers that get things going.
Bentleigh are a much more compact unit that tries to sit and react and get the ball back by countering or from set piece situations. They have Delaney Kenney, Coco Parker and Rachel Stirton in the squad and there are enough players there to suggest they can avoid the drop, but the results are yet to come.
Stirton brings experience and leadership to a midfield, but her presence has not been enough to stop the goal avalanche that has seen the home side concede 67 goals in 15 league games. Bentleigh appear to be in freefall, with no end in sight.
Boroondara can exploit Bentleigh defensive gaps
Boroondara will win this game and the weather could play a factor if it is blustery and rainy on Friday. Eagles have a set-piece advantage if the wind blows and Bentleigh will have trouble clearing their box when it rains.
A Boroondara win with a -1 handicap is the main selection as the visitors have won four of their last five, including multi-goal wins, while a 2-0 or 3-1 away win are the correct score predictions because Bentleigh have struggled to score and Boroondara have scored at least three goals in four of their last five matches.
A Boroondara-Carey Eagles win to nil is the key bet because Bentleigh have struggled to score and don’t have the defensive resilience to stop Boroondara from scoring goals in a big win.
