When? Sunday 20 December, 1 pm kick off

Where? Bluewater Stadium, Napier

They say

Paul Hobson, Waitakere United head coach

“I think both teams will see this Sunday's game as a must-win - the team that can string four to five wins together from now will see themselves in the top-four mix at the end.

“The Christmas break has probably come at the right time for us as injuries to key players are affecting us a bit, so hopefully we will have everyone back fit and healthy in early January. On the positive side, we have been able to start more of our younger players who have all done well and benefitted from the step up.”

Squads as at Friday 18 December  

Hawke’s Bay United

1 Scott MORRIS GK 2 James HOYLE ENG 3 Jackson WOODS 4 Kaeden ATKINS 7 Jesse RANDALL 8  Karan MANDAIR 10 Gavin HOY CAN 11 Kailan GOULD ENG 12 Samuel PICKERING 14 Ahmed OTHMAN 16 James MACK III USA 17 Fergus NEIL 20 Bill ROBERTSON 21 Oscar MASON GK 22 Jarrod MCKECHNIE 23 Jorge AKERS

Waitakere United

1 Nicholas DRAPER ENG GK 2 Regont MURATI 3 Jack DUNCAN 6 Dane SCHNELL 7 Alex CONNOR-MCCLEAN 8 Gerard GARRIGA GIBERT ESP 9 Angus KILKOLLY 11 Alexander GREIVE GBR 14 Zac ZORICICH 17 Joshua REDFEARN 18 Nicolas ZAMBRANO CHI 19 Shuiab KHAN 20 Nicholas MILICICH 21 Andrew CROMB 22 Elliot MUNFORD GK 24 Nathan LOBO

Officials

Referee: Nick WALDRON Assistant referee 1: Mark RULE Assistant referee 2: Gareth SHEEHAN 4th official: Trent PEDLEY

Article added: Saturday 19 December 2020