AT Bob Jane Stadium, 2006 runner-up Altona Magic avenged its the in a premiership rematch with rival South Melbourne in their Football Federation Victoria Foxtel Cup match.
South Melbourne hit out early only to be met with a strong defensive effort by Magic goalkeeper Bojo Jevdevic as well as an equally hard-hitting offence, with Koce Delev posting a goal for the side 10 minutes in.
Keen to seek an equaliser, South Melbourne replied in the 20th minute by taking full advantage of a free kick to level the scores at half-time.
Altona captain Daniel Vasilevski gave his side its second lead of the night 20 minutes into the second half, and despite anxious efforts by South Melbourne to once again draw level, Vasilevski once again came to the rescue.
The Green Gully Cavaliers have broken a three-week dry spell to post a 1-0 win over the Melbourne Knights at Green Gully Reserve on Sunday.
The competition between Green Gully and the Knights was fierce, with Cavaliers Emanuel Muscat, Dragi Nastevski and Joel Nikolic all receiving yellow cards early on.
Desperate to be the first to post a score, both sides came into the second half determined, but the crowd didn’t have to wait long as Green Gully’s Brandon Vassallo booted through the first and only goal of the game.
In other games, the Sunshine Georgies beat the Springvale White Eagles 2-1,Western Suburbs had a 1-0 loss to the Whittlesea Zebras, Kingston City and Preston Lions drew 0-0, Richmond disarmed the previously undefeated Oakleigh Chargers in a stunning 4-1 victory, the Essendon Royals pipped Fawkner Blues 2-1 and Heidelberg United won 3-0 over the AIS
