Croydon Kings vs Modbury Jets
Venue: Jack Smith Park
Date: Saturday 11 July 2:30 PM
The Jets will be looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season when they face the Kings on Saturday afternoon at Jack Smith Park, who themselves were left smarting after missing the opportunity to restart the season with a win.
A 2-4 home defeat to Raiders saw the newly promoted Jets surrender top spot on the NPLSA ladder, ending a dream start to life in the top division.
Meanwhile, late drama last Friday night saw the Kings take the lead in the 88th minute through substitute Patrick Caraccia, only for the winless Blue Eagles to level the scores with a 93rd-minute penalty in a 3-3 draw.
The draw, their third in the first five rounds, leaves them in eighth place at this early point of the season and seeking to atone for the two points dropped last week.
Croydon Kings: 1. Sebastian Matosevic, 2. John Panagaris, 3. Filimon Asefa, 5. Luke Klimek (C), 6. Domenic Costanzo, 7. Rocco Visconte, 8. Adam Martinello, 9. Nathan Munro, 10. Sam Carmichael, 11. Antoni Trimboli, 12. Christopher Vivian, 15. Joseph Macheda, 17. Kelvin Kamburu, 18. Jarrod Brazzale, 19. Raymond Muhoma, 20. Jared Clark, 21. John Hall (GK), 23. Patrick Caraccia
Coaches: Angelo Costanzo, Maurice Natale, Latham Byfield, Robert Matosevic
Team Staff: Mario Catalano, Joshua Avery
Modbury Jets: 1. Kieran Griffiths (GK), 3. Thomas Veart, 5. Daniel Pritchard, 6. Nathan Farrell, 7. Taylor Martyn, 8. Zac Miller, 10. Jesse Francesca, 11. Josh Farrell, 12. Cameron O'Doherty, 13. Daniel Ditroia, 14. Donovan Pollock, 15. Kur Kur, 17. Brandon Centofanti, 20. Declan Burchell (GK), 26. Shaun Mcgreevy, 27. Michael Doyle, 29. Paul Radice
Coaches: Jason Trimboli, Carl Maynard, Raymond Coull
Team Staff: Damien Burchell, Ric Wojciechowski
Raiders vs Adelaide Olympic
Venue: Croatian Sports Centre
Date: Saturday 11 July 3:00 PM
Raiders will be looking to build on the strong form that saw them dethrone the ladder leaders on their own turf in their match against an in-form Adelaide Olympic at the Croatian Sports Centre on Saturday.
The Raiders hit four past the Jets in a commanding display, tripling their season goal tally after only scoring twice in the first four rounds, which lifts them up to sixth place.
Olympic routed struggling defending champions Campbelltown City 5-2 last week to leapfrog the Jets and Comets into second, level on points with first-placed MetroStars.
Fausto Erba looks to be a crucial man for Olympic, having netted his fourth and fifth goals of the campaign last week to sit equal second on the competition goalscoring charts and nearly match last season’s output after just five matches.
Raiders: 1. Vasilios Tryfopoulos (GK), 2. Jacob Lever, 4. Paul Blefari (C), 5. Adam Van Dommele, 6. Noah Holmes, 7. Mohammed Sumaoro, 8. Joseph Costa, 9. Alun Webb, 10. Jake Monaco, 11. David Carosi, 14. Oliver Zafiridis, 17. Thomas Brown, 25. Craig Shearer, 99. Emanuel Philip
Coaches: Nikica Kuzman, Terry Westwood
Team Staff: Lisa Feleppa
Adelaide Olympic: 1. Nikolas Harpas (GK), 2. Jacob Butler-Bowdon, 3. Matthew Halliday, 4. Benkert Abdija, 5. David Makridis, 6. Alexander Tsimopoulos, 6. Julian Ionni, 7. Nicholas Harpas, 8. Jason Konstandopoulos, 9. Christos Pounendis, 10. Charlie Devereux, 12. Dimitri Toumazos, 14. Fausto Erba, 15. John Tsimopoulos, 21. Gianni Tramontin, 24. Panagiotis Manidakis
Coaches: George Tsonis, Peter Mihalopoulos, Ali Sadick
Team Staff: Caroline Riemelmoser, Sumin Kim
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Adelaide Blue Eagles vs Adelaide Comets
Venue: Marden Sports Complex
Date: Saturday 11 July 3:00 PM
The Blue Eagles remain rooted to the bottom of the NPLSA table and are looking to turn their slow start around against the Comets.
The only side winless from their first five matches, the Blue Eagles snatched their second point of the season in a dramatic 3-3 draw against the Kings last week.
Meanwhile, the Comets kicked off the restarted 2020 season with a goal-fest against MetroStars, coming from 3-0 down at half-time to just fall short in an entertaining match that finished 5-4.
The two sides in this encounter are fighting two very different battles at this stage of the season: the Comets are looking to entrench themselves in the top half and prove themselves as a title threat, while the Blue Eagles are battling to kick-start their season at home this weekend.
Adelaide Blue Eagles: Tatenda Nyaruwe, 1. Richard Goss, 3. Paul Espina, 4. Christian Sotira, 5. Christopher Annicchiarico, 6. Brylon Nthoane, 7. Shekubah Hutton-Addy, 8. Damien Crettenden, 9. Dante Isla Cacciavillani, 10. Hamish Mccabe, 11. Evan Kounavelis, 12. Liam Mccabe, 13. Alemayo Kebede, 14. Stefan Gluscevic, 15. Christian D'Angelo, 18. Yohei Matsumoto, 23. Hirofumi Kochi, 25. Paul Reilly
Coaches: VOJISLAV GLUSCEVIC, Steven Melling, Aleksandar Bojanic
Team Staff: James Keating, Josh Smith, Lewis Hutcheson, Nunzio Giurastante
Adelaide Comets: 1. Julian Torresan, 3. Stelios Zacharakis, 4. Tom Dittmar, 5. Adam Le Cornu, 6. Jack Bladen, 7. Tete Yengi, 8. Ryan Yates, 9. Andreas Wiens, 10. Anthony Mavrolambados, 11. Jayden LoBasso, 13. Benedek Futtty-Ferdinandy, 14. Nathan Andijanto, 15. Konstandinos Tsalamangos, 16. Ninko Beric, 17. Lansana Smith, 18. Taki Tsialafos, 21. Thomas Giannakopoulos, 22. Allan Welsh (C), 31. Daniel Vaughan (GK), 77. Chris Christofilos
Coaches: Barney Smith, Konstandinos Antoniou, Antonios Galanopoulos, Matthew Bates
Team Staff: Evangelo Katsambis, Emma Gericke, Elsie Kenny
Para Hills Knights vs MetroStars
Venue: The Paddocks
Date: Saturday 11 July 3 PM
MetroStars are aiming to continue their imperious form in the opening rounds against the struggling Knights, who find themselves on opposite ends of the table.
The away side displayed their firepower against fellow strong starters the Comets by netting five times thanks to forwards Joshua Mori (three) and Christian Esposito (two), who lead the goalscoring charts with five and six strikes respectively.
MetroStars have managed 16 goals so far this season with the two men leading the line, six more than anyone else in the competition.
The same cannot be said of the Knights, who are the competition’s lowest scorers with just five in the first five matches and have registered one win and four losses.
They will be hoping their relatively sound defensive record will be enough to keep out the firepower that MetroStars boast.
Para Hills Knights: 2. Ali Rayez Muradi, 4. Kieran Mcnally (C), 5. Tyson Herraman, 6. Mohamed Conneh, 7. Ethan Lekkas, 8. Franz Pjetri, 9. Luka Chikwuba, 10. Isaac Mullen, 11. Andrew Maio, 13. Tito Bontor, 14. Lochlan Czapla, 16. Victor Anyimba, 18. Logan Marley-Mcfall, 20. Stephan Travaglione, 21. Jordan Findlay (GK)
Coaches: Theodoros Tsiounis, Kosta Dimopoulos
Team Staff: John Vu
MetroStars: 1. Isaac Carmody (GK), 3. Cohan Morris, 7. Michael Daloisio (C), 8. Rocky Callisto, 9. Thomas Strain, 10. Anthony Solagna, 11. Luis Benedetti, 12. Benjamin Head, 14. Dylan Smith, 16. Kyle Crout, 17. Matthew Dawber, 18. Fabian Barbiero, 19. Cooper O'Donnell, 20. Joshua Mori, 21. Alessio Melisi, 22. Hamish Gow, 23. Christian Esposito, 24. Nahuel Bonada, 26. Stefan Cali, 40. Jayden Spruyt
Coaches: Robert Saraceno, Travis Dodd, Nicholas Bouzalas
Team Staff: Giorgio Capoccia, Joseph Polisena, Terminello Peter, George Laoutaris
Campbelltown City vs Cumberland United
Venue: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre
Date: Saturday 11 July 6:30 PM
Both City and United are currently sitting at the wrong end of the table, with the match on Saturday night presenting a great opportunity for either side to chalk up a crucial victory.
The home side have had a shaky start to their title defence, with no wins and only four goals since their opening-round victory over fellow cellar-dweller Blue Eagles, and were hammered 5-2 by Olympic last weekend.
United grabbed their second win of the season in dramatic style last week, however, scoring four late goals (including a hat-trick by forward Thomas Briscoe) to squeeze past ten-man Adelaide United 4-3.
They will be looking to sure up their defence after conceding at a rate of over three goals a game to start the season, while City will be desperate to impact the scoreboard under lights at Steve Woodcock Sports Centre.
Campbelltown: 1. Jamie Signorello, 4. Connor Centofanti, 5. Matthew Mullen, 6. Dion Kirk, 7. Joel Allwright, 8. Alexander Mullen, 9. Marc Marino, 10. Luigi Ditroia, 11. Joshua Barresi, 12. Nicholas Francese, 14. Adam Piscioneri, 15. Antony Piscioneri, 16. Daniel Mullen (C), 17. Adam De Ieso, 18. Christian Cardinale, 19. Lachlan Barr, 20. Nicholas Harpas (GK), 23. Jake Halliday
Coaches: Philip Stubbins, Iain Fyfe, Leslie Pogliacomi
Team Staff: Daniel Cittadini, David Cavaiuolo, Elio Bria
Cumberland United: Hamish Lewis, Jack Mina, Antoni Panagoulias, 1. Luke Schoen (GK), 2. Jack Schoen (C), 3. Joshua Harvey, 4. Declan Gray, 6. Christopher Skull, 8. Harry Thannhauser, 9. JUAN GUTIERREZ, 11. Thomas Briscoe, 14. Jordan Pegoraro, 15. Ryan Wood, 16. Matthew Charalambous, 17. Callum Elms, 32. Aristomenios Haralampopoulos, 37. Ayom Ayom Majok
Coaches: Neil Young
Team Staff: Jody Loomes, Sean Bushby