Max Hatzoglou
Round three action of the National Premier League was highlighted by St Albans’ stunning 1-0 win over Avondale on Saturday afternoon.
The result meant the Saints had matched their win tally of two from last season.
It marked a great achievement as their opponents Avondale had only lost two of their previous 26 NPL matches before Saturday.
After finishing in bottom place last season and avoiding a relegation, helped by the season ending early due to the covid pandemic, the Saints now sit in second place with two wins and a draw.
In other matches, Hume City went down 2-1 to Dandenong City in the opening game of the round on Friday night.
A costly goal they conceded in the first minute of the game had them chasing for the rest of the match as another second goal was scored in the 40th minute to extend the margin.
Hume replied with a goal through Josh Bingham before the full-time whistle.
It wasn’t too different in the other matches as Melbourne Knights and Green Gully both lost without scoring a goal.
The Knights traveled to Lakeside Stadium on Friday night to face South Melbourne and lost 2-0.
Green Gully played at JL Murphy Reserve against Port Melbourne and also lost 2-0.
