Gungahlin United make the trip across the border to High Street and a match-up with Queanbeyan City on Saturday afternoon in Round 10 of the National Premier League having won just once in their last nine matches in all competitions in 2025.
City, who currently sit fifth in the league table will be seeking the three points to push them into the top four should near neighbours Monaro Panthers do them a favour against Tuggeranong United on Sunday afternoon.
The two goals scored against Tuggeranong in the 2-4 loss that Gungahlin suffered last time out was only the third time this season that they have scored multiple goals in a game. By contrast, before the midweek match with Tuggeranong, Queanbeyan had scored in each of the last seven games played in all competitions.
The league meeting at High Street earlier in the season was the first meeting between the clubs in the NPL and ended in an entertaining 0-0 draw, but with both teams desperate for the points, we can probably expect a winning outcome wither way at the final whistle.
In what is only Tuggeranong United’s third home match of 2025, the men from the South welcome Monaro Panthers to Kambah 2 on Sunday afternoon, seeking an improvement in front of goal that cost them a maximum return from their midweek clash with Queanbeyan City.
The teams have met 25 times in the NPL with Panthers having won nine, Tuggeranong ten, with six draws, however in the ten matches at Kambah, Tuggeranong has won seven, Panthers have won twice and there has been one draw.
The contrast in form for Panthers could not be more marked from home and away. In away matches in 2025 Monaro Panthers have managed to score just three goals, one against Queanbeyan and two against Tigers. At home the Panthers have blasted 28 goals ins six fixtures.
Last Season Monaro beat Tuggeranong just once in four matches played, the cup semi-final. In the other three, Tuggeranong won one and two were drawn and, with United having been held to a stalemate in their opening two home matches of 2025, and in five of their nine clashes this term, it would be no surprise if it was honours even.
Title chasing Tigers FC will be heavily favoured to continue their impressive recent run of form when they welcome the struggling O’Connor Knights to the Australian Institute of Sport on Saturday.
It has been a tough few weeks for the Knights who have seen multiple players depart the squad with little on the way of incoming during the June transfer window, a side shorn on confidence, now shorn on numbers and relying on their spirit and commitment to the cause to turn around an ailing campaign.
Tigers are unbeaten in their last seven matches in the NPL, their form a far cry from the opening of the season when they picked up just one point from the first four available after a draw at Yoogali and a heavy loss away to Monaco.
When the teams met in Round 2 the Tigers kick-started their season with a comprehensive 4-0 victory at O’Connor Enclosed, Archie McGregor netting two with Augustine Bangura and Tomohiro Ogawa completing the scoring. Ali Efe and his team will expect more of the same.
Round 10 is completed by Yoogali SC hosting league leading Canberra Croatia at Solar Mad Stadium in Griffith on Sunday afternoon, the title-chasing red machine completing a tough sequence of matches that has seen them take on the Knights in the Croatian derby, Queanbeyan in the cup final and the Panthers in midweek.
Croatia have managed to build up a substantial six-point lead at the top of the table and can afford a slip-up, yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to see where this might occur considering their form in recent weeks.
Croatia romped to a 6-1 win over their opponents when the pair met at Deakin Stadium earlier in the season, Nick Pratezina scoring twice, two of his impressive return of nine goals so far in the league this term.
Yoogali are currently off the foot of the table on goal difference alone but have performed better than some of their results have suggested and, at home, are a force to be reckoned with. They will need to hit the ground running to ruffle Croatian feathers but will certainly make life difficult for the title favourites.
FIXTURES
ROUND 10
Sunday 14 June
Tigers FC v O’Connor Knights (AIS, 15:00)
Queanbeyan City v Gungahlin United (High Street, 15:00)
Sunday 15 June
Yoogali SC v Canberra Croatia (Solar Mad Stadium, 13:15)
Tuggeranong United v Monaro Panthers (Kambah 2, 15:00)
TABLE
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||
| 1 | Canberra Croatia | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7 | +33 | 24 |
| 2 | Tigers FC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 18 |
| 3 | Monaro Panthers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 16 |
| 4 | Tuggeranong United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 11 |
| 5 | Queanbeyan City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 10 |
| 6 | O’Connor Knights | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 36 | -11 | 7 |
| 7 | Yoogali SC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 5 |
| 8 | Gungahlin United | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25 | -20 | 5 |
TOP SCORERS
10: Daniel BARAC (Monaro Panthers)
9: Nick PRATEZINA (Canberra Croatia)
7: Maxx GREEN (Canberra Croatia), Thomas JAMES (Canberra Croatia)
6: Jayce DOTSON (Yoogali SC), Steve NEALON (Tuggeranong United), Daniel SPARROW (Canberra Croatia)
5: Robert TKATCHENKO (Monaro Panthers)
4: Lukman AHMED-SHAIBU (O’Connor Knights), Stephen DOMENICI (Monaro Panthers), Archie MCGREGOR (Tigers FC)
3: Nico ABOT (Queanbeyan City), William AKIO (Tigers FC), Darren BAILEY (Yoogali SC), Ben BASSER-SILK (Monaro Panthers), Jenno CERUTI (O’Connor Knights), Own GOALS
2: Micheal ADAMS (O’Connor Knights), Augustine BANGURA (Tigers FC), Romeo JAMBREK (Tuggeranong United), Nikos KALFAS (Tigers FC), Luca MACOR (Monaro Panthers), Phakedi MANDA (Monaro Panthers/O’Connor Knights), Tomohiro OGAWA (Tigers FC), Michael PICCOLO (Monaro Panthers), Nik POPOVICH (Tigers FC), Danny REID (Yoogali SC), Yoshida SHOKI (Gungahlin United), Keegan VUCETIC (Canberra Croatia), Sam WHITEHEAR (Tigers FC)
1: Angus BAILEY (Tigers FC), Thomas BLAZEVSKI (Queanbeyan City), Seth BONNETT (Queanbeyan City), Daniel COLBERTALDO (Canberra Croatia), Nic EMANUEL (Tuggeranong United), FERNANDO Jorquera (Monaro Panthers), Luca FLOREZ (Gungahlin United), Bevan FOXALL (Tuggeranong United), Josh GASPARI (Gungahlin United), Marko JADRIC (Canberra Croatia), Nikola JADRIC (Canberra Croatia), Michael JOHN (O’Connor Knights), Chistian JUNNA (O’Connor Knights), Ryan KEIR (Canberra Croatia), Niko KRESIC (O’Connor Knights), Christian KRESKAS (Monaro Panthers), Jack LEVERETT (Queanbeyan City), Harry MARTIN (O’Connor Knights), Nathen MEGIC (Tigers FC), Marko MILUTINOVIC (Tigers FC), Alessandro PENA (Tuggeranong United), Thomas ROBERTSON (Gungahlin United), Michael SOUTHAM (Tigers FC), Noah STEINACKER (Tigers FC), Ryan STRAUB (Monaro Panthers), Daniel SUBASIC (Canberra Croatia), Nicholas SUBASIC (Canberra Croatia), Nim TANESKI (Tigers FC), Giuseppe TINE (Monaro Panthers), Riley ZSUZSA (Canberra Croatia)
TOP ASSISTS
12: Thomas JAMES (Canberra Croatia)
7: Maxx GREEN (Canberra Croatia)
6: Christian KRESKAS (Monaro Panthers)
5: Daniel BARAC (Monaro Panthers), Nick PRATEZINA (Canberra Croatia)
4: Stephen DOMENICI (Monaro Panthers), Nick PRATEZINA (Canberra Croatia)
3: Phakedi MANDA (O’Connor Knights), Michael PICCOLO (Monaro Panthers), Robert TKATCHENKO (Monaro Panthers), Nik POPOVICH (Tigers FC), Nik TANESKI (Tigers FC)
2: Micheal ADAMS (O’Connor Knights), William AKIO (Tigers FC), Darren BAILEY (Yoogali SC), Daniel COLBERTALDO (Canberra Croatia), Chaise DONETTO (Yoogali SC), James DRISCOLL (O’Connor Knights), Daniel GALIC (O’Connor Knights), Marko JADRIC (Canberra Croatia), Archie MCGREGOR (Tigers FC), Tomohiro OGAWA (Tigers FC), Danny REID (Yoogali SC), Nicholas SUBASIC (Canberra Croatia), Shandon WHITEHEAD (Tigers FC), Kobi YARIYARI (O’Connor Knights)
1: Samuel ABA (Queanbeyan City), Lukman AHMED-SHAIBU (O’Connor Knights), Angus BAILEY (Tigers FC), Ben BASSER-SILK (Monaro Panthers), Thomas BLAZEVSKI (Queanbeyan City), Xabier DAVIES (Tuggeranong United), Josh DE ROSSI (Yoogali SC), Bailey DICKENSON (Gungahlin United), Jacob DONADEL (Yoogali SC), Jayce DOTSON (Yoogali SC), Nic EMANUEL (Tuggeranong United), Cole FALCO (Tuggeranong United), Marco GAYER (Monaro Panthers), Niko KRESIC (O’Connor Knights), Luca MACOR (Monaro Panthers), Archie MCGREGOR (Tigers FC), Max MELLICK (Monaro Panthers), Josh PEDERSEN (Tuggeranong United), Nicholas PRATEZINA (Canberra Croatia), Joe PREECE (Yoogali SC), Charlie RAE (Queanbeyan City), Robbie RIMMER (Yoogali SC), Thomas ROBERTSON (Gungahlin United), Daniel SPARROW (Canberra Croatia), Tony SPASESKI (Canberra Croatia), Noah STEINACKER (Tigers FC), Luke STEVENS (Tuggeranong United), Daniel SUBASIC (Canberra Croatia), Giuseppe TINE (Monaro Panthers), Kristian TOKIC (Queanbeyan City), Keegan VUCETIC (Canberra Croatia), Sam WHITHEAR (Tigers FC), Riley ZSUZSA (Canberra Croatia)
