GNEFA PRELIMINARY FINALS - September 11 2009
GNEFA PRELIMINARY FINALS
September 11 2009
Shepparton News
Numurkah Showgrounds, Sunday
Winners advance to grand final on September 20
All grades go straight to penalties if tied at full-time except open women (two 10-minute halves of extra-time) and men's division one and two (two 15-minute halves of extra-time).
KICK-OFF TIMES
9 am: Under-12s _ Shepparton v Tatura (winner plays Shepparton South)
Junior girls _ Shepparton v Cobram Victory (winner plays Shepparton South)
10.30 am: Open women Shepparton South v Tatura (winner plays Shepparton United)
Under-16s _ Shepparton v Tatura (winner plays Kialla United)
12.30 pm: Under-14s _ Shepparton South v Shepparton (winner plays Shepparton United)
Men's division two _ Kialla United v Cobram Victory (winner plays Shepparton South)
3 pm: Men's division one _ Shepparton United v Shepparton (winner plays Shepparton South)
MEN'S DIVISION ONE
TOP SCORERS STILL ACTIVE
Stuart Vance (Shepp South) 22 Andy Rushbury (Shepparton) 14 Duncan Whitlam (Shepparton) 8 John Stokes (Shepp South) 8 Six players (three clubs) 4
PAST MEETINGS
Round six: Shepparton 0 lt United 2 (Justin Kalafatis, Savran) at Rumbalara
Round 14: United 3 d Shepparton 0 due to Shepparton misconduct for fielding a player not listed on the match record.
Score on the day was United 2 (Justin Kalafatis, Georgiou) v Shepparton 5 (Rushbury 3, D Davkovski, Mukasa) at Central Park
Case for United: Joe Perkovic put on a sensational display of goalkeeping against Shepparton South last week, but may need to produce 120 minutes of it for United to get through.
The Blues' performances have improved considerably since the round 14 meeting.
Case for Shepparton: In superb form after dominating against Tatura in the elimination final and has been scoring freely with the likes of Rushbury, Whitlam and Ingham proving too hard to handle.
If the grand final isn't enough motivation to win, avenging the round 14 result will be.
Prediction: Shepparton 5-2
OPEN WOMEN
TOP SCORERS STILL ACTIVE
Maddy McGuffie (Shepp South) 11 Rosemary Scrimizzi (Tatura) 11 Sophie Findlay (Shepp South) 9 Allyson Newton (Shepp United) 9 Holly Dimstas (Shepp United) 8 Mikayla Lia (Tatura) 8
PAST MEETINGS
Round nine: Tatura 0 drew South 0 at Howley Oval
Round 18: South 1 (McGuffie) d Tatura 0 at McEwen Reserve
Case for South: The team's junior girls have a bye this week meaning more depth on the bench and a chance for more rotation of players.
Tatura has not scored against South in its past three meetings.
Case for Tatura: Many of this squad would have played in the 2006 and 2007 preliminary finals where Tatura eliminated South on both occasions.
Has a bit more flexibility in attack than South with the likes of Derya Tanrikulu, Mikayla Lia, Rosemary Scrimizzi and Merve Bolat all capable of playing as forwards.
Prediction: South on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
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