Green Gully knows it can’t afford a slip up in the run home in the National Premier League competition.
The Cavaliers sit two points outside the top six with five rounds to go to seal their finals spot.
Cavaliers coach David Chick said they weren’t where they wanted to be but will keep fighting for a finals spot while they are still mathematically alive.
“We have some tough fixtures and we know that we don’t have it in our hands,” he said. “We need results to go our way.
“We’re positive and it’s really close at this point. When we finished our game on Friday night we were in sixth spot.
“We’re not that far away and it’s important for us to play well. We can’t afford to slip up.”
The Cavaliers had the weekend off with the catch up round, one of two in the next five rounds.
Chick said while it would be good to give some of the sore players an opportunity to rest, he would have liked to have kept on playing and get momentum going.
The group had been starting to get a bit of momentum building into the bye.
They beat Melbourne Victory, 4-1, in the round before the bye.
“It was a nice win and our players played well,” he said. “Our new players featured as well, which was great.
“We weren’t that great in the first half, but the second half was good and we were happy.
“It was nice to bounce back. In the Altona Magic game we were unlucky. We lost on the final kick of the game.”
The Cavaliers added five players during the transfer window to add more depth to their squad.
Ryan Inman is an international who had been playing at Kingston City.
Eighteen-year-old Shifa Ahmed returns to his junior club following a stint in the Western United academy.
Dor Jok joins the club having represented the Central Coast Mariners, Port Melbourne, Melbourne Knights and recently returned from a stint in Germany.
He had been training with the club for two months before the transfer window opened.
Brandon Cuminao (Yarraville Glory) and Joshua Heaton (Westvale Olympic) have also joined the club.
Former goalkeeper Jerrad Tyson played against Melbourne Victory to help the club out, travelling down from Brisbane,
The Cavaliers face Heidelberg United on Friday night.
In other games, St Albans Saints will face Melbourne Victory on Sunday and Melbourne Knights will play Preston Lions.
