The ISPS Handa Premiership continues this weekend when the fourth match week take place across the country, find out what’s in store with the official preview.

Wellington Phoenix Reserves vs Auckland City
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 23 November, 3pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #WPvAC
Live on Sky Sport

Referee: Ben O’Connell
Assistant Referees: Isaac Trevis, Aaron Clarke
Fourth Official: Ashton Davenport

Squads

Wellington Phoenix Reserves: 1. Alex Paulsen (GK), 2. Liam McGing, 3. Kurtis Mogg, 4. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, 5. Ronan Wynne, 6. Noah Tipene-Clegg, 7. Adam Hewson, 8. Cameron Devlin, 11. Sam Sutton (c), 17. Luis Toomey, 20. Oliver Sail (GK), 21. Ahmed Othman, 23. Walter Scott, 22. Stephen Sprowson, 24. Blake Driehuis, 31. Ben Waine
Coach: Paul Temple

Auckland City: 2. Mario Ilich, 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Mario Bilen, 5. Angel Berlanga, 6. Brian Kaltak, 7. Cameron Howieson (c), 9. Myer Bevan, 10. Dylan Manickum, 14. Jordan Vale, 16. Yousif Ali, 17. Andrew Blake, 18. Conor Tracey (GK), 19. David Browne, 20. Logan Rogerson, 21. Maro Bonsu-Maro, 24. Cameron Brown (GK)
Coach: Jose Figueira

Quotes

Jose Figueira: “No bones about it, it’s another tricky game and playing at Westpac Stadium on a big pitch with a good surface will suit both teams. They’re a talented and energetic team so we’ve got to be right at it from the first whistle. We can expect a game where both teams will play a high-intensity, high-tempo game. Both teams will look to play from the back and try to control and dominate the game but certainly for us there’s a focus on our quality on the ball so we can get that control and dominate in the right areas and spaces.”

Southern United vs Hamilton Wanderers
Logan Park, Dunedin
Saturday 23 November, 4.30pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #SUvHW

Referee: Calvin Berg
Assistant Referees: Caleb Corbett-Marsh, Sean Lau
Fourth Official: Dan Woulahan

Squads

Southern United: 1. Liam Little (GK), 2. Conor O’Keeffe (c), 3. Javier Langley, 4. Stephen Last, 5. Erik Panzer, 6. Danny Ledwith, 7. Santeri Kuivalainen, 8. Jordan Spain, 9. Garbhan Coughlan, 10. Abdulla Al-Kalisy, 11. Cam McKenzie, 12. Andrew Cromb, 13. Tim O’Farrell, 14. Cody Brook, 15. Joel Stevens, 16. Levi Waddington (GK)
Coach: Paul O’Reilly

Hamilton Wanderers: 1. Matt Oliver (GK) (c), 2. Blake Weston, 4. Andy O’Donoghue, 5. Jack Portegys, 8. Brad Whitworth, 9. Thilo Wilke, 10. Xavier Pratt, 11. Jordan Shaw, 12. Jordan Lamb, 13. Tommy Semmy, 15. Jamie Wilkinson, 16. Adam Davidson, 17. Jacob Butler, 20. Derek Tieku, 23. Cory Townsend
Coach: Ricki Herbert

Canterbury United Dragons vs Hawke’s Bay United
English Park, Christchurch
Sunday 24 November, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #CUvHB

Referee: Sean Reilly
Assistant Referees: Michael Love, Mike Killick
Fourth Official: Hayden McCabe

Squads

Canterbury United: 1. Edward Ashton (GK), 3. Benjamin Lapslie, 4. Dan Schwarz, 5. Tom Schwarz (c), 6. Tom Scott, 7. George King, 8. Luke Tongue, 9. Harris Zeb, 10. Abdul Khalifa 12. Juan Chang Urrea, 15. Calum Ferguson, 16. Cory Mitchell, 17. Harrison Bowman, 18. Aaron Clapham, 19. Samuel Field, 22. Danny Knight (GK)
Coach: Lee Padmore

Hawke’s Bay United: 1. Ruben Parker (GK) (c), 4. Kaeden Atkins, 6. Jack Parker, 7. Sho Goto, 8. Karan Mandair, 9. Ahinga Selemani, 10. Dylan Sacramento, 14. Gavin Hoy, 16. Joshua Signey, 17. Fergus Neil, 19. Bjorn Christensen, 20. Bill Robertson, 21. Shea Stapleton, 22. Ihaia Delaney, 23. Jorge Akers, 25. Kenny Willox
Coach: Chris Greatholder

Quotes

Lee Padmore: “We need to be brave and creative in possession of the football. We have to get on the ball and play on the front foot as much as we possibly can, we really need to focus on that moving forward.”

Chris Greatholder: “We were delighted with a win last week, even though we didn’t move the ball quick enough. This is a good group that wants to grow and wants to learn. We’re pleased with six points so far, we’ll take this and move forward.”

Tasman United vs Team Wellington
Saxton Field, Nelson
Sunday 24 November, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #TUvTW

Referee: Cory Mills
Assistant Referees: Jack Henderson, Regan Preston
Fourth Official: Richard Malcolm

Squads

Tasman United: 1. Pierce Clark (GK), 3. Hamish Cadigan, 5. Fox Slotemaker (c), 6. Cory Vickers 7. Corey Larsen, 8. Matthew Tod-Smith, 9. Jean-Philippe Saiko, 10. Jama Boss, 11. Facundo Barbero, 12. Max Winterton, 13. Rick Muir, 14. Jesse Randall, 15. La Bu Pan, 17. Cory Brown, 18. Alexis Carcamo Varela, 20. Nick Stanton (GK)
Coach: Jess Ibrom

Team Wellington: 1. Scott Basalaj (GK (c), 2. Justin Gulley, 3. Aaron Spain, 4. Sam Mason-Smith, 7. Ollie Whyte, 8. Henry Cameron, 10. Marko Stamenic, 11. Mario Barcia, 12. Andrew Bevin, 14. Jack-Henry Sinclair, 19. Stevan Markovic, 21. Hamish Watson, 22. Keegan Smith (GK), 23. Rory McKeown
Coach: Scott Hales

Quotes

Jess Ibrom: “The story of our season is plenty of half chances and it’s a cliche but you have to take them. There are some individuals that are realising this level is the national league. We’ve blooded some very young players who’ve done fantastically well. For me, that’s pleasing, they’ve now got national league experience and I’ll certainly be doing that more.”

Scott Hales: “Last week was the second week in a row where the game got away from us. We’re a bit shell-shocked when we concede against the run of play but we just need to get on with it. There were certainly some positives we took from it and we’ve got a lot of senior players in the squad who will be sorting this out among our group.”

Eastern Suburbs vs Waitakere United
Madills Farm, Auckland
Sunday 24 November, 4pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #ESvWU

Referee: Luke Gardner
Assistant Referees: Charlie Tseng, Rhys Kimber
Fourth Official: Chris Trent

Squads

Eastern Suburbs: 1. Danyon Drake (GK), 3. Dylan de Jong, 4. Kelvin Kalua, 6. Adam Thomas (c), 7. Michael Built, 8. Daniel Bowkett, 9. Martin Bueno, 10. Reid Drake, 11. Mohamed Awad, 16. Christian Gray, 17. Stephen Hoyle, 20. Jake Mechell, 21. Ryan Verney, 23. Campbell Strong, 25. Mackenzie Waite (GK), 27. Jade Mesias
Coach: Tony Readings

Waitakere United: 1. Nick Draper (GK), 4. Robert Tipelu, 5. Flynn O’Brien, 6. Dane Schnell, 7. Alex Connor-McClean, 8. Sam Burfoot (c), 9. Ryan Cain, 11. Lachlan McIsaac, 12. Nico Steinmetz, 14. Gerard Garriga Gibert, 15. Clarke Foulds, 18. Nicolas Zambrano, 19. Andrew Abba 20. Regont Murati, 21. Luke Searle, 22. Elliot Munford (GK)
Coach: Paul Hobson

Quotes

Tony Readings: “It’s great to be back at home, last time we played here people were out, there was a good atmosphere and buzz around – it definitely helps when you're getting that support. If we have as many people down here as possible it gives us that little bit extra. For us, things are starting to come together a little bit, there’s still areas that need improving but it’s getting better. We’ll treat it like any other game but we know Waitakere are a good team with a good coach, they’re well organised and are unbeaten for a reason.”

Paul Hobson: “We had a good performance against Canterbury in the first half last week, and we’ve been trying to build on that in training this week. We’re not going to change too much, just try and get better at what we do. There’s a lot of fight and competition for places at the moment, so hopefully we can put out a good performance, which we’ll need to if we are to get anything out of the game on Sunday.”

For more information on the ISPS Handa Premiership please click here

Article added: Friday 22 November 2019