New South Wales Premier League round-up: White Eagles, Olympic register wins

15/08/2012 10:51:00 AM

Dejan Kalinic takes you through all the action from Round 19 of the New South Wales Premier League, including a second-straight win for Parramatta FC

ANALYSIS
By Dejan Kalinic

Results
Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3-0 Marconi Stallions, Manly United 2-1 Blacktown Spartans, South Coast Wolves 0-1 Sydney Olympic, Sutherland Sharks 2-3 Parramatta FC, APIA Leichhardt 1-0 Blacktown City, Sydney United 58 3-1 Rockdale City Suns

THE WEEKEND STORY

Bonnyrigg White Eagles took another step towards sealing the minor premiership with a comfortable 3-0 win over the Marconi Stallions, as NSWPL leading goalscorer Robert Younis netted his 17th league goal of the campaign. Sydney Olympic recorded a 1-0 victory at South Coast Wolves to move three points clear in second. Lowly Parramatta stunned the Sutherland Sharks with a thrilling 3-2 victory, keeping their chances of surviving in the top flight alive. Sydney United 58 remain an outside chance of clinching a top-five spot after a 3-1 win over the Rockdale City Suns, with on-loan Wellington Phoenix striker Mirjan Pavlovic continuing his goalscoring form. Elsewhere, Manly United were 2-1 winners at home to the Blacktown Spartans and APIA Leichhardt upset Blacktown City 1-0.

THE STANDINGS

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	19	14	2	3	44	16	+28	44
2	Sydney Olympic	19	11	4	4	35	20	+15	37
3	South Coast Wolves	19	11	1	7	38	32	+6	34
4	Blacktown City	19	8	5	6	34	30	+4	29
5	Marconi Stallions	19	9	2	8	27	28	-1	29

6	Rockdale City Suns	19	8	3	8	28	29	-1	27
7	Sydney United 58	19	7	3	9	25	33	-8	24
8	Sutherland Sharks	19	6	5	8	29	31	-2	23
9	Manly United	19	6	4	9	26	30	-4	22
10	APIA Leichhardt	19	6	4	9	23	28	-5	22
11	Blacktown Spartans	19	5	2	12	25	42	-17	17

12	Parramatta FC	19	3	5	11	17	32	-15	14

GOALS

17 - Robert YOUNIS (Bonnyrigg White Eagles)

12 - Panni NIKAS (Sutherland Sharks)

9 - Peter SIMONOSKI (South Coast Wolves)

8 - Mark PICCIOLINI (South Coast Wolves), Chris TRIANTIS (Sydney Olympic), Phil MAKRYS (Sydney Olympic), Alec UROSEVSKI (Rockdale City Suns)

7 - Andrew BEVIN (APIA Leichhardt), Ricky ZUCCO (South Coast Wolves), Joey GIBBS (Marconi Stallions), Ryuji MIYAZAWA (Blacktown City), Matt BAILEY (Sutherland Sharks)

PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEKEND

Parramatta FC

The Eagles earn performance of the weekend honours for the second-straight week after a stunning 3-2 win over the Sutherland Sharks. A week after taking the huge scalp of the South Coast Wolves, Parramatta recorded a second-consecutive victory to move to within three points of the Blacktown Spartans. While they face the huge task of the White Eagles in Round 20, winnable games against Manly United and the Rockdale City Suns follow as Parramatta look to secure safety.

AFTERTHOUGHTS

It was a matter of several finals contenders falling over in disappointing performances in Round 19. Marconi, the South Coast Wolves and Blacktown City all lost, while the Sutherland Sharks also missed their chance. The big winners were Sydney Olympic - moving three points clear in second - and Sydney United 58, who are within five points of an unlikely top-five spot.

THE NUMBERS

3 - the number of games Parramatta have won this season, with two coming in the past fortnight

8 - the number of games Sydney Olympic have gone unbeaten

4 - the number of goals Mirjan Pavlovic has scored for Sydney United 58 this season

TWEET OF THE WEEK

@Gligsy23: #NSWPL League Leaders Bonnyrigg White Eagles, can't get a game against either Sydney @ALeague side. And they're coming first too. #NoLogic

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