When? Sunday 29 November, kick off 12.30pm

Where? Madills Farm, Auckland (please note this differs from what was previously advertised)

What happened last time?

Auckland Football had the upper hand over Southern United last season, winning 4-2 at McLennan Park in round four and drawing 1-1 at Logan Park in round 11.

They say

Katie Duncan, Auckland Football assistant coach:
“I always think home games are a slight advantage: you've got the crowd behind you and you're playing at your home fields, so you’re used to the conditions whereas for the opposition it's new to them every week. The opposition have had a chance to kind of analyse our past performances - so maybe they've [Southern, who had the bye last weekend] had a good chance to look at our threats. We’ve just got to be prepared and nullify what they will do to set up against us.”

Squads as at Friday 27 November

Auckland Football

1 Lily ALFELD GK 2 Jess PHILPOT 3 Laney STRACHAN 4 Liz ANTON C 7 Maisy DEWELL 8 Tayla O'BRIEN 9 Britney CUNNINGHAM-LEE 10 Ava COLLINS 22 Daisy CLEVERLEY 23 Rina HIRANO JPN 24 Arisa TAKEDA 5 Emma LEAMING 11 Stella LAWSON 12 Sophie BRADLEY 16 Kate HANNAY 18 Ella RUSS

Southern United

1 Blair CURRIE GK 2 Rose MORTON C 3 Hannah MACKAY-WRIGHT 4 Kelsey KENNARD 5 Macey FRASER 7 Renee BACON 9 Chelsea WHITTAKER 11 Emily MORISON 12 Kate GUILDFORD 13 Samantha MURRELL 15 Toni POWER 6 Lena DE RONDE 8 Juliette LUCAS 10 Amy HISLOP 16 Tessa NICOL 19 Erin ROXBURGH

Officials

Referee: Sarah JONES Assistant referee 1: William ROBERTS Assistant referee 2: Daniel NEVILLE 4th official: Eric YU

Article added: Saturday 28 November 2020