ANU FC have moved into contention to challenge Queanbeyan City at the top of the Capital Premier League following a 5-0 hammering of West Canberra Wanderers at Melrose Synthetic. The win means that should ANU claim the points in their game in hand, they can move into second, five points adrift of the leaders.

Two goals inside the opening dozen minutes effectively sealed the win for the University club early on as Tao Wang opened the scoring six minutes in, closely followed by a second from Jiachan Lang as ANU FC got off to the best possible start at Melrose High School.

Thereafter, Wanderers rallied, but a second goal from Wang, a minute into the second-half, put aside any thoughts of a Wanderers recovery as ANU moved into a three-goal lead. A late brace from Ethan Krug finished the match in style for ANU who eventually won the match in some comfort.

Queanbeyan City are still very much in control of their own destiny however and moved a point closer to promotion as they earned a point from a 0-0 draw with Belconnen United at McKellar Park.

The goalless draw could easily have been a Blue Devils win, a result that might have opened up the championship chase, but when hadn’t the chance to claim the points from a penalty Belconnen were unable to make the opportunity count.

The usually unflappable midfielder Dustin Wells saw his spot-kick well saved by City stopper Nick Middleton, and neither side was able to make the crucial breakthrough. Belconnen remain second but could drop down to third if ANU FC gain at least a point in the catch-up match with White Eagles.

Goals were at a premium elsewhere as Brindabella Blues were forced to dig deep to secure a merited, but unconvincing 1-0 victory over White Eagles in their fixture at Ipan Park in Calwell.

The Blues, who are still in contention to finish at least runners-up in the division, netted the only goal of the match in the first minute of first-half stoppage time as Oliver Witrzens bagged his seventh of an excellent season in front of goal.

And it was a similar tale at Gissing Oval in Wagga as Canberra Juventus returned from their interstate foray with all three points courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Wagga City Wanderers in a close fought encounter.

Nathan Duck supplied the only goal of the match, keeping his head to net from a penalty on the half-hour mark. The visitors ended the match with ten men after substitute Fahad Ramadhan was sent off two minutes from time to set up a nervy finale.

Wagga were unable to create the equaliser in the time that remained however, and Juventus could celebrate a fourth win of the season which moved them to within four points of Wanderers with a match in hand.

RESULTS

ROUND 18

10 August

Belconnen United 0 Queanbeyan City 0

Brindabella Blues 1 (Witrzens 45+1’) White Eagles 0

West Canberra Wanderers 0 ANU FC 5 (Wang 6’, 46’, Lang 12’, Krug 78’, 90’)

Wagga City Wanderers 0 Canberra Juventus 1 (Duck 30’ (p))

TABLE

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Queanbeyan City	18	14	3	1	61	9	+52	45
2	Belconnen United	18	11	4	3	57	19	+38	37
3	ANU FC	17	12	1	4	49	22	+27	37
4	Brindabella Blues	18	10	5	3	44	28	+16	35
5	Wagga City Wanderers	18	5	3	10	34	45	-11	18
6	Canberra Juventus	17	4	2	11	17	43	-26	14
7	West Canberra Wanderers	18	2	2	14	18	72	-54	8
8	White Eagles	16	2	0	14	10	53	-43	6

 

TOP SCORERS

24: Nico ABOT (Queanbeyan City)

17: Jack GIBSON (ANU FC)

11: Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United)

10: Jake BISHOP (Belconnen United), Abderrahim DEALLAHI (Queanbeyan City), Curtis SCHAEFFER (Brindabella Blues)

9: Hassan ALNUWAYSIR (ANU FC)

8: Morris KADZOLA (Wagga City Wanderers)

7: Abraham KEMP (Belconnen United), David REITSTATTER (Belconnen United), Riley WILLIAMS (Brindabella Blues), Ollie WITRZENS (Brindabella Blues), Thomas YONGAI (Wagga City Wanderers)

6: Babin PAUDYAL (Belconnen United), Zac STEELE (Wagga City Wanderers)

5: Harry BILLINGTON (Belconnen United), Baxter DONOHOE (West Canberra Wanderers), Nathan DUCK (Canberra Juventus), Nahuel GUERRERO (Queanbeyan City), Ethan KRUG (ANU FC), Virgil MOUTAUD (West Canberra Wanderers), Own GOALS

4: Jacob HART (ANU FC), Misko NAUMOSKI (Queanbeyan City), Mohammed YANSANEH (Queanbeyan City)

3: Gabriel AYUEL (Queanbeyan City), Cuneyt CAGLAR (Brindabella Blues), Zac CHADWICK (ANU FC), Liam CRISTOFANI (West Canberra Wanderers), Jayde JAMES-WARD (Belconnen United), Kade LYONS (Wagga City Wanderers), Adrian MACOR (Canberra Juventus), Alasdair MOORE (ANU FC), Michael NELSON (Brindabella Blues), Marko SAVKOVIC (Queanbeyan City), Luke VALLONE (Belconnen United), Tao WANG (ANU FC), Henry WILKS (Brindabella Blues)

2: Deng ALEER DENG (Brindabella Blues), Seth BONNET (Queanbeyan City), Adam BROOKS (Canberra Juventus), Frazer BURNS (Canberra Juventus), Bryce FALEPAU (Wagga City Wanderers), Leo HADLEY (ANU FC), Samson LUCAS (Wagga City Wanderers), Braulio MELO (White Eagles), Max MOTTL (ANU FC), Vasko PETROVSKI (Queanbeyan City), Steven SRBINOSKI (Queanbeyan City)

1: Wyatt ADAM (Wagga City Wanderers), Riley ANGELOSANTE (White Eagles), David CARDER (Belconnen United), Tom COSENTINI (Canberra Juventus), Lachlan DENLEY (White Eagles), Daniel FELIZZI (Brindabella Blues), Daniel FOX (West Canberra Wanderers), Marcus GRZIC (White Eagles), Clayton GUNNING (West Canberra Wanderers), Josh HICKMAN (White Eagles), Jack JANKE (Belconnen United), Bojan JANKULOSKI (West Canberra Wanderers), Deakin JEWELL (Belconnen United), Steven KRESKAS (Queanbeyan City), Jiachan LANG (ANU FC), Owen LEARMONTH (Brindabella Blues),Tony MADDAFARI (Canberra Juventus), Goran MILUTINOVIC (White Eagles), Tim NGUYEN (Belconnen United), Jacob OCHIENG (Wagga City Wanderers), Maxwell PREST (Wagga City Wanderers), Fahad RAMADHAN (Wagga City Wanderers), Nicholas ROUFAGALIS (Canberra Juventus), Mark SHIELDS (Queanbeyan City), Nathan SINGH, Naser SMOQY (Wagga City Wanderers), Ethan STAMATIS (West Canberra Wanderers), Nashwan SULAIMAN (Wagga City Wanderers), Owen STEPHENSON (West Canberra Wanderers), Jai TEIN (Canberra Juventus), Reece UPTON (White Eagles), Liam VICKERS (White Eagles), Isaac WEEKLEY (Brindabella Blues)