State League Division 1 Round 21 Preview

The wooden spoon is at stake at Second Ponds Oval on Saturday, when Hills Brumbies take on Hurstville ZSC.
Hills lie six points behind their visitors, and only a win here will keep their hopes up of avoiding last position, whilst Hurstville will look towards their deadly duo of Stiven Kostanic and Steve Zoric to get them the victory they so desire.
Mounties FC should retain second position at Cook Park, when they entertain a Fairfield City outfit still smarting from a 1-9 spanking against Dully last weekend.
Blacktown Spartans will be hoping for a win to stay in touch with the top five as they welcome Stanmore Hawks to Francis Park.
The Spartans dropped out of the five last weekend, and only three points will suffice if they are to push their way back into finals contention.
The final match of Saturday night sees Balmain SC, a team struggling for results at home, come up against a Schofields Scorpions side that has hit form at the right end of the season.
Glenn McPherson will be looking to continue his rich vein of goals of late for Schofields at Lambert Park, but Jeremy Pettenon and his Balmain defence will have other ideas as they try to stop the Scorpions attack.
Inter Lions take on Sydney Wanderers in the first of two matches on Sunday, favourites for the three points, and hoping to keep their spot in the five.
But Wanderers striker, and ex-Inter boy, Ivo De Jesus, will have other ideas, looking to put one over his old club no doubt.
The final match at David Phillips Field is an interesting one, with newly crowned Premiers, Dulwich Hill, taking on UNSW.
Dully will finish first on the ladder, and with two rounds to go, may take their foot off the pedal in order to fully rest up and prepare for the upcoming finals series.
The ?students?, on the other hand, have worked hard for all of the second round to get into the five, and now that they have reached their goal, won?t be looking to relinquish their spot anytime soon.
Division One Top Goalscorers -Week Twenty
Some dramatic movement in the scorers charts this weekend, with new leaders going into the penultimate round.
Neil Philippou, of Dulwich Hill, scored a dramatic five goals in last week?s drubbing of Fairfield City, and with that shares the lead with Schofields marksman, Glenn McPherson, whose brace against Hills sees him move to 16 goals also.
16   ? Neil Philippou (Dulwich Hill), Glenn McPherson (Schofields)
15   ? Stiven Kostanic (Hurstville ZSC),
14     ? Steve Biviano (Mounties FC), Stuart Meney (UNSW)
11   ? Wissam Hijazi (Stanmore Hawks)
 9   ? Todd McCrae (Schofield Scorpions)
 8   ? Dusan Mihajlovic (Dulwich Hill), James Kovas (Inter Lions)
 7  ? Rafael Bove (Dulwich Hill), Sam Messam (Dulwich Hill), Stephen Tresoglavic (Mounties FC)
6      ? Lorenzo Merlino (Balmain SC), Nick Paradisis (Dulwich Hill), Daniel Borg (Sydney Wanderers), Nabil Codmani (Fairfield City), Domenic Dimento (Inter Lions), Daniel Cornett (Blacktown Spartans), Wand Jajaw (Blacktown Spartans), Adrian Vizzari (Inter Lions)
-By Frank Speranza