2020 R04 – NPL NSW Men's
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KICKOFF 2020 21ST AUGUST - ROUND 04 23RD AUGUST MEN’S FIXTURES - ROUND 04 7:00 PM • FRI 21 AUG • LAMBERT PARK Referee: M. Weiner Assistant Referees: J. Park Fourth Official: J. Rose 7:45 PM • FRI 21 AUG • CROMER PARK Referee: K. Jones Assistant Referees: I. Covic Fourth Official: A. Filacouridis 4:00 PM • SAT 22 AUG • MARCONI STADIUM ® Referee: H. Jomaa Assistant Referees: J. Adabjou Fourth Official: A. Morris 7:00 PM • SAT 22 AUG • POPONDETTA PARK Referee: D. Horstead Assistant Referees: R. Osborne Fourth Official: E. Kocbek 2:30 PM • SUN 23 AUG ALBERT BUTLER MEMORIAL PARK Referee: C. Fisher Assistant Referees: P. Teleki Fourth Official: I. Covic 4:00 PM • SUN 23 AUG • ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE Referee: T. Plasto Assistant Referees: R. Osborne Fourth Official: D. Alter 2 #NPLNSW PLAY IT SAFE AND REDUCE THE RISK PREPARE AND WASH OR SANITISE YOUR DRESS FOR GAMES HANDS BEFORE AND AT HOME AFTER YOUR GAME SOCIAL DISTANCING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT ALL TIMES DO NOT SHAKE HANDS, FILL AND BRING YOUR OWN HIGH FIVE OR HUG OTHER CLEARLY LABELLED DRINK PLAYERS, OFFICIALS, TEAM BOTTLE FROM HOME. OFFICIALS OR SPECTATORS DO NOT SHARE DRINK BOTTLES. DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU EXHIBIT ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS FEVER COUGH FATIGUE SORE THROAT SHORTNESS OF BREATH PREVIEWS Round 4 of the National Premier Leagues NSW Thankfully APIA has plenty of talent in the Men’s competition has arrived and it is sure to backline with Paul Galimi and Josh Symons all be another huge week of fixtures. available for selection but the club is sweating on the availability of Themba Muata-Marlow Sydney Olympic’s flawless start to the who came up lame following the club’s first campaign has them in top spot but the chasing victory last Friday. pack is hot on their tail. Nick Stavroulakis was given his marching It is the same in the contest for finals places orders last week leaving the veteran midfielder with only one game between first and ninth. suspended for this week’s match-up alongside This week’s matches will kick off with two David D’Apuzzo who is also suspended while games on Friday night as APIA Leichhardt Sean Symons may miss the match as his host Sydney FC, while Manly United take on partner is due to give birth. Sydney Olympic. Keep an eye out for Mitchell Gibbs, a player On Saturday, Marconi Stallions go up against with huge potential after impressing in his Western Sydney Wanderers and Mt Druitt face debut for APIA against the Wanderers. off against Sydney United 58. Shot-stopper Luke Turnbull could be in for The round wraps up with two games on Sunday a busy match against Sydney FC’s in-form afternoon as Wollongong play host to North frontman Patrick Wood. Shore Mariners and Rockdale Ilinden close out Wood scored four goals in Sydney’s 6-1 the weekend’s action against Blacktown City. drubbing of North Shore Mariners in Round 3 taking his season tally to 6. APIA Leichhardt FC v Sydney FC, 7pm Sydney FC suffered their first defeat of Friday at Lambert Park the season on Wednesday night as they went down 2-0 to Sydney Olympic in their APIA Leichhardt has had a tough start to the rescheduled Round 2 clash where they played rebooted season and will be determined to the remainder of the forty minutes after their get back on track with a win against a high- round 2 clash was postponed due to wet flying Sydney FC at Lambert Park on Friday. weather. The John Calleja coached side secured their Coach Jim van Weeren will have his young first win since the restart last weekend with squad ready to go despite the short turnaround a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Western as they look to return to winning ways. Sydney Wanderers. APIA will be favourites for this match but However, they will need to take their game to Sydney FC have shown they can match it with a new level this week as they take on a free- every team in the competition. scoring Young Sky Blues outfit. Defence will be the key message from Calleja Manly United v Sydney Olympic FC, 7.45 coming into this contest and APIA’s struggling pm Friday at Cromer Park defence will need to find it’s A-game to stop the league’s best attack. With home ground advantage on their side, 4 #NPLNSW Manly United will be out to cause an upset It couldn’t be any more different for their when ladder leaders Sydney Olympic come to opponents Sydney Olympic who are scoring Cromer Park on Friday night. and winning with ease. Big news from the Manly camp was Paul Olympic defeated Blacktown City 2-1 in Round Dee stepping down from his head coach 3 with striker Charles Lokolingoy finding role, being replaced by assistant and former the back of the net twice and backed it up Socceroo Adam Griffiths. on Wednesday night with a 2-0 win against Sydney FC. It will be Dee’s final match in charge against the Blues and he is hoping the boys can send Goals from Hagi Gligor and Peter Kekeris him off on a winning note. sealed the victory for Ante Juric’s squad who have been the team to beat thus far. The Paul Dee coached side have not scored a goal in three games since the season reboot Not only will Manly need to stop Lokolingoy, and are desperately searching for answers for but they will also need to contain Fabio their scoring woes. Ferreira and Adam Parkhouse. The pressure will be on attacking stars Brendan Olympic will be favourites for this match but Cholakian, Dejan Pandurevic, Marley Peterson Cromer Park is a hard place to play and Manly to find their touch. will use that as much to their advantage. NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 PREVIEWS Marconi Stallions v Western Sydney Mt Druitt Town Rangers v Sydney United Wanderers, 4 pm Saturday at Marconi 58, 7 pm Saturday at Popondetta Park Stadium It has been a difficult start to the rebooted It will be a Western Sydney derby as Marconi season for Mt Druitt Town Rangers and they Stallions host Western Sydney Wanderers at will be determined to get their campaign back Marconi Stallions on Saturday. on track with a win at home against Sydney United 58 on Saturday. Marconi have won two of their first three games including a gritty away victory against The Rangers suffered a 3-0 loss against Wollongong Wolves last round. Rockdale in Round 3 and were outclassed in both attack and defence. Stallions attacker Anthony Frangie is playing some of his best football at the moment and Coach Franco Cosentino will be hoping he can will be someone the Wanderers will need to get his team firing on all cylinders to bounce keep an eye on. back this week. Mitch Mallia is another player finding form for Experienced defender Travis Oughtred Marconi and was unlucky not to have found should be in for a big game as he leads the himself on the scoresheet in Round 3. backline against United 58 side which is full of confidence after a run of good results. The Speranza brothers Giorgio and Roberto are also showing their experience at this level United claimed their second win from as many balancing the squad in the backline alongside games last week with a 2-0 victory against Nathan Millgate while the club was happy to Manly. see Marty Fernandez return back from injury. Their midfield trio of Glen Trifiro, Tariq Maia Western Sydney have had a frustrating first and Matt Sim has found another level in three games with only one point to show for recent weeks and it has shown in the club’s their efforts but have played some fantastic performances while Matthew Bilic has also free flowing football under the watchful eye of found some form. coach Arthur Diles. The Zjelko Kalac coached side will believe The Wanderers have been slow starters but they can make it three wins in a row and will have bounced back in each of their games be hard to stop. with great form in the final twenty minutes. If the Wanderers can find their feet early then Wollongong Wolves v North Shore they could be able to cause an upset with a Mariners, 2.30 pm Sunday at Albert Butler number of young guns in their corner, Rory Memorial Park Jordan, Dean Pelekanos, Mohamed Al Taay, A return to the winner’s circle will be the goal Noah Pagden and Kosta Grozos to name a few, for Wollongong Wolves when they host North they are sure to give it their all come Saturday. Shore Mariners at Albert Butler Memorial Park on Sunday. 6 #NPLNSW The Wolves went down 1-0 against Marconi however, face stiff competition from Sydney Stallions last week in what was their first defeat FC and Sydney Olympic who still have a game of the rebooted season. in hand. Coach Luke Wilkshire would’ve not The Steven Zoric coached side has yet to lose a been impressed with his side’s lapses in game from their opening three matches of the concentration in the loss and is sure to hammer rebooted season and flexed their attacking home the importance of keeping composed muscle last round with a 3-0 victory against Mt for the full 90 minutes. Druitt. After being held scoreless against the Nikola Taneski has stepped up his game since Stallions, Wollongong’s attacking trio of Bul the reboot of the competition commenced Juach, Lachlan Scott and Takeru Okada will while Japenese imports Tomoki Wada and be all pushing to rediscover the teams’ goal- Banri Kanaizumi have quietly become two of scoring touch against a struggling North the teams most consistent performers.