When? 14 November, 2 pm kick off

Where? English Park, Christchurch

What happened last time the two sides met?

The games between Canterbury United and Waitakere United were close affairs. The first encounter at Seddon Fields ended all square as an early Sean Liddicoat goal for the Cantabrians was cancelled out by Waitakere’s Alex Connor-McClean. In the return fixture at English Park, the home side opened the scoring through Jacob Richards early in the second half, only to be undone by a late flurry from Waitakere United’s skipper Sam Burfoot and Dane Schell.

What they say

Paul Hobson, Waitakere United head coach:

“We’re really happy with the mixture of experienced national league players and the youngsters just starting out. We’ve managed to come together as a team quickly throughout preseason so I’m really looking forward to the opening game of the season, it’s always a tough game at English Park.”

Squads as at Friday 13 November

Canterbury United Dragons

22 Danny KNIGHT (GK); 3 Ben STROUD; 4 Stephen LAST; 5 Tom SCHWARZ (C); 8 Luke TONGUE; 9 Garbhan COUGHLAN; 10 Ihaia DELANEY; 11 Seth CLARK; 14 Sean LIDDICOAT; 16 Cory MITCHELL; 19 Lyle MATTHYSEN; 1 Edward ASHTON (GK); 12 Samuel FIELD; 17 Simon CHRETIEN; 18 Yuya TAGUCHI;  20 Jacob RICHARDS

Waitakere United

1 Nicholas Ross DRAPER (GK); 2 Regont MURATI; 6 Dane SCHNELL; 8 Gerard GARRIGA GIBERT; 9 Angus (John Dennison) KILKOLLY; 10 Samuel BURFOOT; 11 Alexander (Alex) GREIVE; 16 Dino BOTICA; 19 Shuiab KHAN; 21 Andrew CROMB; 24 Nathan LOBO; 22 Elliot MUNFORD (GK); 3 Jack DUNCAN; 7 Alex CONNOR-MCCLEAN; 15 Leon VAN DEN HOVEN

Officials

Referee: Chris BENNETT; Assistant referee 1: Michael LOVE; Assistant referee 2: Jack HENDERSON; 4th official: Hayden MCCABE

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Article added: Friday 13 November 2020