When? Sunday 6 December, 11 am kick off  

Where? Logan Park Turf, Dunedin

What happened last time?

The 2019 formbook belonged to Southern United, as they beat WaiBOP 1-0 in Cambridge and backed that up with a 3-0 win in Dunedin.

They say

Nico Girard, WaiBOP head coach

“The players know they are capable of gaining wins in this competition and it shouldn't come as a surprise! And that’s been my message all week; it shouldn't be a surprise... but also consistency is what is important. Consistency in performance and tactical execution. Winning games comes from getting that stuff right.

“Our play has improved over the first four games and with two games left there's a good opportunity to have a winning season. So that’s our target now.

“Southern will be a good test. Like us, they are improving every week and have some players capable of hurting us if we go in complacent.

“That's probably the thing we need to guard against most. We could find ourselves in big trouble if we don’t bring the right mindset to the game.

“Consistency is key.”

Squads as at 4 December

Southern United

1 Blair CURRIE GK 2 Rose MORTON C 3 Hannah MACKAY-WRIGHT 4 Kelsey KENNARD 7 Renee BACON 9 Chelsea WHITTAKER 10 Amy HISLOP 13 Samantha MURRELL 14 Kate GUILDFORD 15 Toni POWER 17 Macey FRASER 12 Tessa NICOL GK 6 Lena DE RONDE 19 Erin ROXBURGH 20 Emily MORISON 21 Tahlia ROOME

WaiBOP

1 Rylee GODBOLD GK 2 Manaia ELLIOTT 3 Serena MURRIHY 5 Michaela FOSTER C 7 Emma CAWTE 8 Kate LOYE 9 Kelli BROWN 10 Grace WISNEWSKI 12 Shannon TREBES 19 Kate MCCONNELL 20 Chelsea ELLIOTT 21 Aimee FEINBERG-DANIELI GK 6 Sarah CARPENTER 11 Olivia HOOPER 16 Maddison OLLINGTON GBR 17 Caitlin BYRNE

Officials

Referee: Caleb MARSH Assistant referee 1: Allys CLIPSHAM Assistant referee 2: Will DYMOND 4th official: Donna AGNEW

Article added: Saturday 05 December 2020