By: Noel McPhee
Check out all the head-to-head club stats ahead of Round 5 all thanks to Tobin Brothers Funerals – Celebrating Lives…
| Premier Division | Wins | Wins | Draws | Streak | |
| Vermont | 28 | Noble Park | 18 | 0 | V 7 |
| Norwood | 23 | Rowville | 13 | 0 | R 1 |
| Doncaster | 24 | Blackburn | 29 | 0 | B 2 |
| North Ringwood | 16 | South Croydon | 17 | 0 | SC 4 |
| Balwyn | 8 | Montrose | 0 | 0 | B 8 |
With Vermont casually chalking up another set of 10 consecutive wins since Round 15, 2018, I set a task for the SBRD*. I asked if they could come up with the number of times Vermont had won at least 10 in a row. Turns out that this is the 18th time since the EFL began, including the amazing run of 61 in a row from Round 2, 1988 to Round 2, 1991. 
Being as pedantic as they are, the Department did correctly point out that if a team wins 61 games in a row they have actually won 10 games in a row on 52 occasions just there (they are correct, I checked). So, Vermont has, by this measure, 121 separate instances of winning 10 matches in a row. Whether 18 events of 10 or more or 121 separate times winning 10, it’s an amazing effort by Vermont (some fine work by the Department too).
| Division 1 | Wins | Wins | Draws | Streak | |
| East Ringwood | 45 | Croydon | 22 | 0 | ER 1 |
| Upper FTG | 20 | Lilydale | 28 | 1 | L 1 |
| Bayswater | 10 | Doncaster East | 15 | 0 | DE 2 |
| Park Orchards | – | Knox | – | – | – |
| Wantirna South | 16 | Mooroolbark | 23 | 0 | M 1 |
Upper Gully and Lilydale reach traditional rivals status with their 50th meeting.
| Division 2 | Wins | Wins | Draws | Streak | |
| Mitcham | 6 | The Basin | 1 | 0 | M 6 |
| Ringwood | 22 | Mulgrave | 24 | 2 | M 6 |
| Scoresby | 20 | Boronia | 19 | 0 | B 1 |
| Heathmont | 6 | Templestowe | 20 | 0 | T 1 |
Ringwood and Mulgrave renew acquaintances for the first time since 2010. Not too many match-ups across the 58 years of the EFL have had two draws.
| Division 3 | Wins | Wins | Draws | Streak | |
| Ferntree Gully | 0 | Waverley Blues | 8 | 0 | WB 8 |
| South Belgrave | 0 | Donvale | 2 | 0 | D 2 |
| Chirnside Park | 6 | Warrandyte | 9 | 0 | W 1 |
| Whitehorse Prs | 14 | Glen W Hawks | 6 | 0 | WP 2 |
| Division 4 | Wins | Wins | Draws | Streak | |
| Croy Nth-MLOC | – | Surrey Park | – | – | – |
| East Burwood | 2 | Coldstream | 0 | 0 | EB 2 |
| Fairpark | 32 | Nunawading | 10 | 0 | FP 10 |
| Silvan | 5 | Forest Hill | 7 | 0 | S 1 |
| Kilsyth | Bye |
Current longest streaks:
Winning: Vermont; 10
Losing: Chirnside Park; 22
* Statsbench Research Department
^ Best Winning Streak
(All figures are for senior men’s EFL matches from 1962 – round 3, 2019)
Acknowledgement to: localfootystats.com
