Adelaide Croatia Raiders vs Adelaide Blue Eagles
Venue: Croatian Sports Centre
Date: Saturday 10 July 3:00 PM
The first of Saturday’s two 3:00pm kick-offs is a clash between two sides reeling from disappointing recent results as Raiders host last-placed Blue Eagles.
Raiders had little to smile about after their 3-1 defeat to MetroStars, with one win in their last five matches seeing them slide down to tenth on the ladder and sit perilously close to the bottom two.
Christian D’Angelo’s towering header got Blue Eagles off to the perfect start over Campbelltown, but two goals in two second-half minutes proved too much to overcome in their 2-1 loss.
A repeat of Raiders’ 1-0 win in Round 1 would likely see them stretch their buffer over the relegation zone, but victory to Blue Eagles would not only break their long drought but also cut their points deficit on their opponents to seven with ten matches to play.
Adelaide Croatia Raiders line-up: 1. Vincent Barbaro, 2. Jackson Walls, 5. Matthew Mullen, 6. Omari Didero, 7. Dylan Pickert, 8. Jagajeet shrestha Shrestha, 9. Massimo Falco, 10. Dion Kirk, 11. David Carosi, 12. Jacob Williams, 13. Nicholas Munro (C) (GK), 15. Lansana Smith, 17. Harley Gepp, 18. Julian Vella, 20. Thanasis Lesi, 21. Jaxson Bullen, 22. Kelvin Kamburu, 23. Mark Ulaj, 26. James Temelkovski, 28. Nathan Hancock
Coaches: Terry Westwood, Steven Hughes, Michael Paleka
Team Staff: Antonio Vella, Lisa Feleppa, Luke Harris
Adelaide Blue Eagles line-up: Aaron Bannister, Yohei Matsumoto, jai esposito, Elias Mimidas, Anik Warnakulasuriya, 1. Nikolas Harpas (GK), 2. Caleb Evans, 4. Christian Sotira, 6. Francesco Pangallo, 7. Liam Mccabe, 10. Hamish Mccabe, 12. Kody Maude, 14. Stanisa Velinov, 15. Christian D'Angelo, 17. Raffaele De Lucia, 19. Jake Tatarelli, 20. Isaac Mullen, 21. Alex Tsavalas, 23. Beau Ieraci
Coaches: Nikica Kuzman, Larry Piscioneri
Team Staff: James Keating, VOJISLAV GLUSCEVIC, Henry Lambert
Sturt Lions vs Croydon FC
Venue: West Beach Parks Football Centre
Date: Saturday 10 July 3:00 PM
West Beach Parks Football Centre is the venue for a fixture between two NPL sides who have experienced recent upticks in their league form lines.
The Lions won their second match in a row, with a Gonzalo Rodriguez double helping them to a 3-1 victory over South Adelaide and sending them back into the top six for the first time since earlier in the season.
Croydon extended their unbeaten run to three games in dramatic fashion, with Nathan Munro’s well-hit volley gliding through a sea of bodies and under the goalkeeper equalising in the 92nd minute to earn a 1-1 draw at City.
With the hosts now remarkably just four points behind ladder leaders City, and the visitors now only one point from safety, this match shapes as an opportunity for a massive three points for both sides.
Sturt Lions line-up: Oliver Sigley, Anthony Taylor, Tom van der Hoeven, Toby Nelson, Daniel Snobl, Jasper Donovan, Taine Harding, Cale Nagle, Bradley Davey, 1. James Klappers (GK), 3. Daniel Guastella, 4. Jacob Atkinson, 5. Caden Yates, 7. Ben Woollard, 9. Gonzalo Rodriguez, 10. Alexander Sortini, 11. Samed Altundag, 12. Michael Gravas, 13. Cooper Mullins, 14. Daniel Solari, 15. Akira Kobaishi, 16. Samuel Voigt, 17. Jonathan Fusco (C), 19. Luke Fusco, 20. Brandon Centofanti, 21. Valentino Esposito
Coaches: Lino Fusco, Frank Tibaldi, Gregory Videon, Michael Harkness
Team Staff: Ivan Piovesan, Jakson Messent, Andrew Ross
Croydon FC line-up: 1. Gianni Tramontin, 2. John Panagaris, 3. Filimon Asefa, 5. Luke Klimek (C), 6. Christopher Vivian, 7. Sebastian Goode, 8. Adam Martinello, 9. Nathan Munro, 10. Antoni Trimboli, 11. Luis Benedetti, 12. Tatenda Nyaruwe, 13. Foribert Niyonkuru, 14. Peter Mercurio, 15. Domenic Costanzo, 16. Kristos Stefanopoulos, 17. Manni Katopodis, 18. Jarrod Brazzale, 19. Chikondi NYIRENDA, 20. Jared Clark, 21. John Hall (GK), 23. patrick caraccia
Coaches: Travis Dodd, Latham Byfield, Adam Vizzari
Team Staff: Mario Catalano, Joshua Avery
Adelaide City vs Campbelltown City
Venue: Adelaide City Park
Date: Saturday 10 July 5:00 PM
Fixtures between City and Campbelltown are always ones that are marked on the calendar and this weekend’s clash is no exception, with both sides enjoying strong seasons.
City managed to keep hold of top spot on the ladder despite drawing at home to 11th-placed Croydon FC last week, conceding in injury time to have two points snatched away in their match that finished 1-1.
Despite falling behind early and playing with ten men for the last half hour, Campbelltown managed to hold firm and grind out a difficult 2-1 victory over Blue Eagles, with Marc Marino’s long-range strike proving to be the winner.
The home side will be hoping for a repeat of their 2-1 triumph over their opponents in Round 1, but their visitors will know that three points against City could see them overtake their rivals.
Adelaide City line-up: 1. Alexander Woodlands (GK), 4. Matthew Halliday, 5. Thomas Brown, 6. Bradley Corbo, 9. Luka Chikwuba, 10. Nicholas Bucco, 11. Charlie devereux, 13. Lachlan Barr, 14. Aladin Irabona, 20. Kur Kur, 33. Darcy Dawber, 45. Markus Orchard, 77. Asad Kasumovic
Coaches: Paul Pezos, Stavros Gelekis, Angelo Paul, Edward Scalzi
Team Staff: Fabian Garuccio
Campbelltown City line-up: 1. Jamie Signorello, 2. Shaun Harvey (C), 3. Liam Miller, 5. Julian Oscar Ionni, 6. Adam D'Agostino, 7. Joel Allwright, 8. Alexander Mullen, 9. Marc Marino, 10. Luigi Ditroia, 14. Adam Piscioneri, 15. Antony Piscioneri, 16. Daniel Mullen, 17. Adam De Ieso, 18. Trey Williams, 20. Nicholas Harpas (GK), 23. Jake Halliday
Coaches: Iain Fyfe, Leslie Pogliacomi, Corey Artone, Ali Sadick
Team Staff: Agelo Kapnistis, Ryan Hanlon
Adelaide Olympic vs Cumberland United
Venue: VALO Football Centre
Date: Saturday 10 July 6:00 PM
Two sides who experienced vastly different starts to the season now find themselves separated by a solitary point at the halfway mark, as Olympic host Cumberland.
Olympic pulled off one of the upsets of the season as they claimed victory convincingly over Comets, with a brace from skipper Fausto Erba sealing an emphatic 3-0 win that put some breathing room between themselves and the drop zone.
Two sensational finishes by Jumar Oakley weren’t enough to salvage a result for Cumberland in their 3-2 loss to United, marking their third defeat in a row and seeing them slide out of the top six for the first time this season.
Only City and Comets have lost fewer matches than Olympic this season, so they’ll fancy themselves to grab another important three points here, but Cumberland will be aiming to recapture the form that saw them start the season off so brightly this weekend.
Adelaide Olympic line-up: Will Hendon, Alexander Tsimopoulos, Rastko Ljujic, 1. Lewis Moss (GK), 2. Samuel Dweh, 3. Paul Wilson, 4. Benkert Abdija, 5. Michael Cittadini, 6. Kristin Konstandopoulos, 8. Jason Konstandopoulos, 9. Christos Pounendis, 10. Hirofumi Kochi, 11. Tito Bontor, 12. Damian Ljujic, 14. Fausto Erba, 20. Clifford Maina, 44. Ioannis Simosis
Coaches: Yianni Stamatelopoulos, George Konstandopoulos, Lansana Conneh, Pal Prengaj
Team Staff: Konstandinos Dimas, Sumin Kim
Cumberland United line-up: Jed Anderson, 1. Luke Schoen (GK), 2. Jack Schoen (C), 3. Joshua Harvey, 5. Sam Carmichael, 6. David Signore, 8. Harry Thannhauser, 9. JUAN GUTIERREZ, 10. Jumar Oakley, 11. Thomas Briscoe, 15. Ryan Wood, 17. Tom Dittmar, 18. Antoni Panagoulias, 19. Rocco Visconte, 20. Stavros Bakopanos, 22. Aristomenios Haralampopoulos, 23. Matthew Charalambous
Coaches: Neil Young, Mathew Balopitos, Matthew Prodanovski, Marijan Kolar
Team Staff: Jody Loomes, Sean Bushby, Steven O'Donnell
Adelaide United FC vs South Adelaide
Venue: Jack Smith Park
Date: Saturday 10 July 7:30 PM
A win last weekend put an end to United’s dry spell, so they’ll be hoping to make it two in as many weeks against a South side entering the contest off the back of two defeats.
The Young Reds were on a high at the Summit Sports and Recreation Centre, with Mohamed Toure’s strike from outside the box, Yaya Dukuly’s neat finish over the keeper and Jonny Yull’s incredible goal directly from a corner earning an important 3-2 win.
South, meanwhile, fell to a convincing 3-1 defeat at the hands of Sturt that saw them leapfrogged and slide out of the top half, despite Jack Walker’s impressive finish in at the near post.
Another match-up between two sides just one point apart, both United and South will be hoping that they can start to string results together and cement themselves in the top half.
Adelaide United FC line-up: Arbi Mollas, 14. Binyam Kebede, 15. Kane Vidmar, 17. Mohamed Toure, 19. Yaya Dukuly, 37. Jonny Yull, 40. Ethan Cox (GK), 42. Fergus Lynch, 49. Keshav Shrestha, 53. Noah Mcnamara, 54. Joseph Macheda, 55. Ethan Alagich, 57. Adam Leombruno, 58. Giuseppe Bovalina, 66. Nestor Irankunda, 69. Musa Toure, 80. Steven Hall
Coaches: Airton Andrioli, Elvis Markov, Vlado Blazeka, Joe Verringer
Team Staff: Will Mockridge, Justin Graetz, Katrina Smith
South Adelaide line-up: Jonathon Rideout, 1. Ryan Veitch (GK), 4. Robert Parker (C), 5. Declan Gray, 6. Liam Wooding, 9. Brett Rayner, 11. Alexander Rideout, 13. Jai Conroy, 15. Jackson Stephens, 17. Kegan Osborne, 18. Blake Lindsay, 20. Jack Walker, 21. Jack Ellis, 24. Daniel Evans, 25. Callum Nissen, 31. Masaya Sasaki, 39. Awal Dut
Coaches: Andrew Calderbank, Anthony Rideout, Mitchell Daly, Fraser McLean
Team Staff: Wayne Harrington, Jacqueline Wingate, Aniket Dhabade
MetroStars vs Adelaide Comets
Venue: TK Shutter Reserve
Date: Saturday 10 July 7:30 PM
There are few sides in as scintillating form as MetroStars right now, so their clash against Comets under Saturday night lights is sure to be a high-quality encounter.
MetroStars won their fourth consecutive match in style as a 3-1 victory over Raiders sent them up to second on the table, with Joshua Mori’s sumptuous lob from a delightful Hamish Gow long ball a highlight.
Comets, meanwhile, were disappointing as they slumped to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Olympic in what was just their second loss of the season, surrendering second spot in the process.
Both MetroStars and Comets sit less than a win behind the top of the table, so they both know that any points accrued from now until the end of the season could prove crucial in the battle for supremacy.
MetroStars line-up: 1. Isaac Carmody (GK), 2. Connor O'rielly, 3. Luke Frangakis, 4. Justin Davis, 5. Timothy Henderson, 8. Rocky Callisto, 10. Anthony Solagna (C), 11. Ariath Piol, 12. Alessio Melisi, 14. Dylan Smith, 16. Francesco Schimizzi, 18. Fabian Barbiero, 19. Cooper O’donnell, 20. Joshua Mori, 22. Hamish Gow, 23. Christian Esposito, 24. Jackson Fortunatow, 45. Jackson O'Donnell, 68. Kalilou Kamara
Coaches: Robert Saraceno, Nicholas Bouzalas, Adam Van Dommele, Michael Rende
Team Staff: Joseph Polisena, Patrick Pike, George Laoutaris
Adelaide Comets line-up: 1. Julian Torresan, 3. Manley Barnett, 4. Nathan Dimou, 5. Adam Le Cornu, 6. Jack Bladen, 7. John Karatzas, 8. Ryan Yates, 10. Anthony Mavrolambados, 11. Jayden LoBasso, 12. Lukas Ikonomopoulos, 14. Nathan Andijanto, 16. Ninko Beric, 18. Thomas Giannakopoulos, 19. Jaiden Diamantis, 21. Nikolas Ikonomopoulos, 22. Allan Welsh (C), 23. Scott Nagel, 31. Daniel Vaughan (GK), 77. Chris Christofilos
Coaches: Barney Smith, James Guffogg, Dimitri Panagis, Matthew Bates
Team Staff: Evangelo Katsambis, Emma Gericke, Elsie Kenny