With just two weekends of action to go, Capital are the side to beat in the National Futsal League with a four-point lead while defending champions Canterbury United Dragons find themselves with plenty of work to do in propping up the table.

The latest bout took place at the ARA Institute of Canterbury in Christchurch with the Southern Travel Series and brought Manawatu, Capital, Canterbury and Southern United together.

Capital signalled their intent with a 3-2 victory over Canterbury in their opening match and went on to record three more wins. They have now been beaten just once and are the competition’s top scorers with 33 goals.

In contrast, Canterbury have the worst defensive record after conceding 34 goals and have posted only one win so far in their title defence. The Dragons could not make use of home advantage, posting a 6-4 victory over Manawatu for their only success of the weekend.

In order to retain their title, they must now make ground up over the next two series – held respectively in Auckland and Wellington on November 25-26 and December 8-10 – to force their way into the semi-final reckoning.

Manawatu have a good chance of making the playoffs after winning two of their four matches over the weekend while Southern United picked up one win and now sit fifth.

For the Futsal National League table please click here

Futsal National League – Southern Travel Series

Southern 9 (Reid Hulleman, Carlos Herrmann, Tennesse Kinghorn, Ito Shunsuke, Kasam Ali 2, Michael Sannum, Ashish Sahayam, Adam Cowan)Manawatu 2 (Jerram Tuck, Nick Carrick)HT: 5-0

Canterbury United Dragons 2 (Hemi Innes, Benji Lapslie)Capital 3 (Lucas Da Silva, Jherson Heredia, Luc Saker)HT: 2-1

Capital 3 (Miroslav Malivuk 2, Enrico Meirelles)Southern 2 (Daniel De Souza, Carlos Herrmann)HT: 1-2

Manawatu 7 (Orin Ruaine-Prattley, Nick Carrick, Troye Aitken 2, Adam Cowan 2, own goal)Canterbury United Dragons 2 (Gustavo Barbosa, Rami Dawwas)HT: 4-0

Southern 2 (Own goal, Daniel De Souza)Capital 7 (Enrico Meirellas, Jono Steele, Grant Baker, Luc Saker 2, Khalid Razouk, Shingo Ina)HT: 2-2

Canterbury United Dragons 6 (Own goal, Sam Lapslie 2, Benjamin Cameron, Benji Lapslie, Cameron Eberton)Manawatu 4 (Orin Ruaine-Prattley, Nathan Cooksley, Lucian Armstrong, Nick Carrick)HT: 4-2

Manawatu 5 (Nick Carrick, Adam Cowan 3, Jerram Tuck)Southern 4 (Reid Hulleman, Michael Sannum 2, Tennesse Kinghorn)HT: 2-3

Capital 10 (Miroslav Malivuk 3, Khalid Razouk, Enrico Meirelles, Jono Steele, Alexander Brodie 2, Lucas Da Silva, Luc Saker)Canterbury United Dragons 4 (Rhys Williams, Gustavo Barbosa 2, Ben Lapslie)HT: 6-3