Round 23 was played in the Victorian Premier League and Macedonian Australian club Preston Makedonia lost to Melbourne Knights, while Altona Magic prevailed over Oakleigh Cannons.
Melbourne Knights 1
Preston Makedonia FC 0
53′ Barisic
PRESTON MAKEDONIA: Acevski, Boshevski, Toleski, Anastasiou, Shvol , Miskas, Arsovski, Toleski, Gjorgioski, Dolevski, Shapazovski.
A lone strike from Andrew Barisic was enough to decide a keenly contested Foxtel Cup match at Knights Stadium. A large bi-partisan crowd was treated to a superb exhibition of free flowing attacking football from the onset, both teams displaying extroverted offensive play throughout the 90 minutes of play of a thoroughly absorbing contest.
Altona Magic Vardar 2
Oakleigh Cannons 1
13′ Cergovski, 15′ Curcija – 47′ Drakos
ALTONA MAGIC VARDAR: Roganovic, Lori, Mladenovic, Rekia, Sivevski, Meksorli, Chergovski, Rikobene, Masi, Kalmar, Sherifovski.
ALTONA Magic Vardar defeated the Oakleigh Cannons 2-1 at Paisley Park Soccer Complex on Saturday night.
Round 23 Roundup
With two matches to play, Altona looks to have secured its finals series campaign with 40 points and 3rd position overall. The same cannot be said for Preston who are sitting in 7th position just out of the top six. In a bid to play finals football, Preston Makedonia will need to secure several points from the remaining 2 games in order to realise its finals bid, with Oakleigh and Heidleberg United both on 36 points ahead on goal difference.
Football Federation Victoria – FOXTEL CUP ROUND 23 |
Rank |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Points |
1 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 47 |
2 | Melbourne Knights | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 46 |
3 |
Altona Magic Vardar |
23 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
34 |
26 |
8 |
40 |
4 | Richmond | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 39 |
5 | Heidelberg Utd | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 36 |
6 | Oakleigh Cannons | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 36 |
7 |
Preston Makedonia |
24 |
11 |
3 |
10 |
33 |
41 |
-8 |
36 |
8 | A.I.S | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 32 |
9 | South Melbourne | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 30 |
10 | Coburg Utd | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 28 |
11 | Whittlesea Zebras | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 26 |
12 | Western Suburbs | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 22 |
13 | Fawkner Blues | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 54 | -33 | 21 |
14 | Frankston Pines | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 43 | -26 | 17 |