Author: John Kyrou

Milos Lujic scores past Bentleigh goalkeeper Ryan Scott, before the centre-forward was sent off early in the second half as the match ended in a 1-1 draw at Lakeside Stadium. (PHOTO: Sam Anfield Photography).

FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 1-1 BENTLEIGH GREENS (HT: 1-0)

Goals:
1-0: Milos Lujic (21′)
1-1: Velibor Mitrovic (81′)

South Melbourne:
1. Keegan Coulter (GK) / 3. Kristian Konstantinidis, 5. Jake Marshall, 39. Christos Intzidis, 11. Brad Norton (c) / 12. Iqi Jawadi (19. Oliver Minatel 87′), 23. Matthew Foschini / 17. Andy Brennan (27. Leigh Minopoulos 73′), 7. Nick Epifano, 18. Matthew Millar / 9. Milos Lujic (sent off 51′).
Unused Substitutes: 8. Luke Pavlou, 20. Ajdin Fetahagic, 21. Amir Jashari (GK).
Yellow Cards: Epifano 23′, Foschini 56′.

Bentleigh Greens:
1. Ryan Scott (GK), 4. Charles Fry (19. James Kelly 77′), 5. Jack Webster (c), 7. Jason Hicks, 8. Blake Thompson, 9. Chris Lucas, 10. Tyson Holmes, 13. James Xydias, 14. Marco Jankovic, 18. Matthew Thurtell, 23. Velibor Mitrovic (17. Dimitri Hatzimouratis 89′).
Unused Substitutes: 2. Riley Dillon, 16. Joshua Meaker, 20. Pierce Clark (GK).
Yellow Cards: Fry 5′, Webster 58′, Jankovic 90′.

Alamein FC v South Melbourne – H.A. Smith Reserve – Sunday 15 April 2018 at 3pm

Last Three League Meetings – click individual game for highlights
2017 (R24): SMFC 4-2 Alamein (Lakeside Stadium)
2017 (R15): Alamein 1-3 SMFC (AAMI Park, Melbourne)
2017 (R06): Alamein 2-1 SMFC (H.A. Smith Reserve)

Overall Head to Head (League & Finals):
Played: 3
SMFC Wins: 2
Alamein Wins: 1
Draws: 0

SMFC v Bentleigh Greens – Lakeside Stadium – Sunday 15 April 2018 at 4pm

Last Five League Meetings – click individual game for highlights

2017 (SF): SMFC 2-2 Bentleigh Greens (Lakeside Stadium) *Bentleigh win 5-3 on penalties
2017 (R25): SMFC 2-0 Bentleigh Greens (Lakeside Stadium)
2017 (R12): Bentleigh Greens 0-0 SMFC (Kingston Heath)
2016 (R20): Bentleigh Greens 3-1 SMFC (Kingston Heath)
2016 (R07): SMFC 2-1 Bentleigh Greens (Lakeside Stadium)

Overall Head to Head (League & Finals):
Played: 20
SMFC Wins: 8
Bentleigh Greens Wins: 8
Draws: 4

FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 7-0 OLD XAVERIANS  (HT: 2-0)

Goals:
1-0: Anais Josefski (20′)
2-0: Melina Ayres (42′)
3-0: Melina Ayres (48′)
4-0: Paige Zois (51′)
5-0: Paige Zois (53′)
6-0: Melina Ayres (63′)
7-0: Kathryn Vlahopoulos (80′)

South Melbourne:
1. Cassandra Zaffina (GK), 4. Anais Josefski, 9. Julia Nicolaci, 13. Tiffany Eliadis (c), 14. Alex Cheal, 16. Sophia Sakalis, 17. Melina Ayres, 25. Ciara Singleton, 31. Sophie Papatsanis, 33. Kiara Hronopoulos, 34. Paige Zois.
Substitutes: Tayler Stevens, 24. Christina Stefanou, 27. Irene Paracki, 40. Kathryn Vlahopoulos. 56. Betti Michael.
Yellow Cards: None.

NPL MEN / BOYS

NPL WOMEN / GIRLS

South celebrate Leah Scroggie’s goal, however it wasn’t to be the home side’s day. (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos)

FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 1-4 GEELONG GALAXY (HT: 1-1)

Goals:
0-1: Lujeyn Al-Huneidi (10′)
1-1: Leah Scroggie (27′)
1-2: Laura Spiranovic (69′)
1-3: Lujeyn Al-Huneidi (85′)
1-4: Lujeyn Al-Huneidi (87′)

South Melbourne:
1. Bethany Mason-Jones (GK), 2. Marianna Anthony, 4. Leah Scroggie, 5. Aimee Medwin, 7. Chelsea Blissett, 9. Julia Nicolaci, 12. Sarah Richardson (21. Anaia Josefski 80′), 13. Tiffany Eliadis (c), 14. Alex Cheal, 17. Melina Ayres, 34. Paige Zois (16. Sofia Sakalis 60′).
Unused Substitutes: 11. Cassandra Zaffina (GK), 25. Ciara Singleton, 40. Kathryn Vlahopoulos.
Yellow Cards: None.

Geelong Galaxy:
20. Emily Kenshole (GK), 2. Imogen Pratt, 4. Aneta Komijat, 5. Cody Mcinerney (22. Olivia Ortiz 46′), 7. Akeisha Sandhu, 9. Laura Spiranovic (c), 14. Jessica Tay, 15. Adriana Taranto, 16. Melissa Taranto (11. Caitlin Pickett 49′), 18. Alexandria Murphy, 21. Lujeyn Al-Huneidi (19. Deryal Aziz 90+2′).
Unused Substitutes: 17. Erin Plucke, 25. Stephanie Anderson.
Yellow Cards: None.

Jake Marshall (front) and Christos Intzidis celebrate Marshall’s goal on his first-team debut for SMFC but it wasn’t to be enough as the Knights won the derby 3-2 (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FINAL SCORE: MELBOURNE KNIGHTS 3-2 SOUTH MELBOURNE (HT: 2-1)

Goals:
0-1: Jake Marshall (19′)
1-1: Nikola Jurkovic (39′)
2-1: Tomislav Uskok (44′)
3-1: Kristian Konstantinidis OG (57′)
3-2: Milos Lujic (65’p)

Melbourne Knights:
1. Hrvoje Cakarun (GK), 2. Luke Jurcic, 3. Shaun Timmins, 6. Tomislav Uskok, 7. Nate Foster, 8. Brody Taylor (37. Aj Inia 28′), 13. Ayden Michael Brice, 10. Marijan Cvitkovic (c), 12. Anthony Dezic, 19. Anthony Duzel (23. Timmy Purcell 71′), 21. David Stojic (11. Nikola Jurkovic 37′).
Unused Substitutes: 4. Ben Surey, 20. Jordan Gifkins (GK).
Yellow Cards: Uskok 17′, Jurkovic 64′, Foster 78′, Purcell 84′.

South Melbourne:
1. Keegan Coulter (GK) / 3. Kristian Konstantinidis, 5. Jake Marshall, 39. Christos Intzidis, 20. Ajdin Fetahagic (27. Leigh Minopoulos 46′) / 12. Iqi Jawadi, 23. Matthew Foschini / 18. Matthew Millar, 7. Nick Epifano, 11. Brad Norton (c) / 9. Milos Lujic.
Unused Substitutes: 8. Luke Pavlou, 15. Ben Djiba, 16. Josh Hodes, 21. Amir Jashari (GK).
Yellow Cards: Konstantinidis 43′, Jawadi 51′, Marshall 90+2′.

SMFC v Geelong Galaxy – Lakeside Stadium – Saturday 7 April 2018 at 4:15pm

Last Four League Meetings – click individual game for highlights
2017 (GrF): SMFC 2-2 Geelong Galaxy (ABD Stadium) *SMFC win 5-4 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in ET
2017 (R27): SMFC 2-0 Geelong Galaxy (Lakeside Stadium)
2017 (R18): Geelong Galaxy 3-3 SMFC (Banyul Warri Reserve)
2017 (R09): SMFC 3-3 Geelong Galaxy (Lakeside Stadium)

Overall Head to Head (League & Finals):
Played: 4
SMFC Wins: 2
Geelong Galaxy Wins: 0
Draws: 2

Melbourne Knights v SMFC – Knights Stadium – Friday 6 April 2018 at 7:30pm

Last Five League Meetings – click individual game for highlights

2017 (R22): Melbourne Knights 0-2 SMFC (Knights Stadium)
2017 (R09): SMFC 2-0 Melbourne Knights (Lakeside Stadium)
2016 (R24): SMFC 2-1 Melbourne Knights (Lakeside Stadium)
2016 (R11): Melbourne Knights 2-5 SMFC (Knights Stadium)
2015 (R21): Melbourne Knights 2-1 SMFC (Knights Stadium)

Overall Head to Head (League & Finals):
Played: 101
SMFC Wins: 52
Melbourne Knights Wins: 26
Draws: 23

Team photo before the FFA Cup Round 4 match against Hume (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FINAL SCORE: HUME CITY 1-0 SOUTH MELBOURNE (HT: 0-0)

Goal:
1-0: Nick Hegarty (62′)

Hume City:
1. Michael Weier (GK), 2. Ersin Kaya, 3. Zachary Sukunda, 4. Mele Temguia, 5. Blair Govan, 7. Benjamin Lyvidikos, 9. Bradley Blumenthal (14. Jackson Morgan 82′), 10. Atilla Ofli (18. Darby Dexter 18′), 17. Gideon Sweet, 19. Oliver Kubilay, 39. Nick Hegarty (c) (sent off 70′).
Unused Substitutes: 12. Mitchell Trajcevski, 15. Hayden Tennant, 20. Gian Tapia (GK).
Yellow Cards: Kaya 18′, Sukunda 36′, Blumenthal 75′, Tennant 90+3′.

South Melbourne:
1. Keegan Coulter (GK) / 23. Matthew Foschini, 3. Kristian Konstantinidis, 39. Christos Intzidis, 11. Brad Norton (c) / 12. Iqi Jawadi, Luke Pavlou / 18. Matthew Millar, 7. Nick Epifano, 27. Leigh Minopoulos / 9. Milos Lujic.
Unused Substitutes: 5. Jake Marshall, 15. Ben Djiba, 16. Josh Hodes, 20. Ajdin Fetahagic, 21. Amir Jashari (GK).
Yellow Cards: Foschini 67′, Intzidis 70′, Norton 70′, Jawadi 70′.