Round 13 Futsal Premier League 2 – Open Men’s Preview
The Futsal Premier League 2 Open Men’s competition heads into the penultimate round with everything still on the table for the clubs. Round 13 has three important games to run the rule over on a hot weekend of action. Let’s get onto the preview.
Macarthur Quake Futsal Club vs Sydney Futsal Club, Saturday 30 November, 4:20pm, Minto Indoor Sports Centre
Macarthur Quake Futsal Club hosts Sydney Futsal Club at Minto Indoor Sports Centre on Saturday afternoon.
The hosts were ruthless in their 14-2 win against SD Raiders Futsal in last week’s Match of the Round.
Quake hold the important fourth and final spot in the Futsal Premier League 2 Open Men’s top four and can shore that up with a win.
Alexander Purves and Mark Symington had hat-tricks in their huge win and the pair will be key again on Saturday.
Sydney Futsal Club took a blow to their finals hopes in a 9-5 loss to West City Crusaders at NC of Indigenous Excellence.
They will need to win this game and hope results go their way to give Sydney Futsal Club some hope for finals football.
Jaime Gutierrez has scored in back-to-back games and the attacker will look to get on the scoresheet for a third game.
West City Crusaders vs Raiders Futsal Club, Saturday 30 November, 5:10pm, PCYC Hawkesbury
West City Crusaders face off against Raiders Futsal Club down at PCYC Hawkesbury on Saturday afternoon.
The Crusaders were 9-5 winners against Sydney Futsal Club in their game at NC of Indigenous Excellence last weekend.
It was a vintage performance from Nathan Niski with a hat-trick which lifted the side into the top two.
Three points on the weekend can guarantee Crusaders finals football and give them a cushion headed into Round 14.
Raiders Futsal Club fell to a frustrating 3-2 loss to leaders Phoenix Futsal Club on home turf last weekend.
Captain coach Slaven Ljuboja fired home his sixth goal of the season and he is ready to find the back of the net again.
The visitors find themselves on the outside looking in headed into the last fortnight and need a big three points to vault back into the top four.
Phoenix Futsal Club vs APIA FC Futsal, Saturday 30 November, 5:50pm, The Centre – Dural
Phoenix Futsal Club welcome APIA FC Futsal to The Centre – Dural for their game on Saturday afternoon.
The hosts had a big result in their 3-2 win against Raiders Futsal Club at Thomas Hassell Anglican College.
Both Angus Till and Edward Bacon sizzled in the win with goals and they will look for further tallies in this game.
Phoenix Futsal Club can take a huge step towards the title with three points on their home turf this weekend.
APIA FC Futsal got to get some rest before the last fortnight after having the bye in Round 12 of the Futsal Premier League 2 Open Men’s competition.
Zayd Husain picked up a collector’s item with a goal in their 4-4 draw and the custodian will be back to his day job on Saturday.
They will be missing Jamal Belkadi after his red card in their Round 12 game against Raiders Futsal Club.
SD Raiders Futsal have the bye
By Justin Davies (@JustDavies90)