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SMFC1959 said:
https://greekherald.com.au/sports/s...c-in-ofc-pro-league-clash-at-olympic-village/

South Melbourne FC to host Auckland FC in OFC Pro League clash at Olympic Village​


04 / 02 / 2026


The Greek Herald

South Melbourne FC will host league leaders Auckland FC in a blockbuster top-of-the-table clash of the inaugural OFC Pro League on Saturday, February 21, with the match relocated to Alexandros Ground at Olympic Village.

The venue change was confirmed after Lakeside Stadium became unavailable due to preparations for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.

The highly anticipated fixture forms part of Round 3 of the competition, with South Melbourne currently second on the ladder and Auckland FC sitting top after five consecutive victories.

Melbourne hub fixtures confirmed

Following the Olympic Village encounter, South Melbourne will play their remaining home fixtures at The Home of The Matildas, which will also host the rescheduled Round 1 match against Solomon Kings FC.

South Melbourne – Melbourne Hub fixtures:

  • Saturday, February 21: vs Auckland FC (Olympic Village)
  • Tuesday, February 24: vs Tahiti United (The Home of The Matildas)
  • Saturday, February 27: vs South Island United (The Home of The Matildas)
  • Wednesday, March 4: vs Solomon Kings FC (The Home of The Matildas
Round 2 results and standings

Earlier this week, Matchday 2 of Round 2 was staged at Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Auckland FC maintained their perfect record with a commanding 4–0 victory over Tahiti United, extending their lead at the top of the table.

PNG Hekari FC and Vanuatu United FC played out a 2–2 draw, while South Melbourne and Solomon Kings FC are scheduled to face Bula FC and South Island United respectively on Wednesday.

Standings after five matches:
  1. Auckland FC – 15 pts
  2. South Melbourne FC – 7 pts (3 matches)
  3. Solomon Kings FC – 4 pts (2 matches)
  4. South Island United – 4 pts (3 matches)
  5. Bula FC – 4 pts (3 matches)
  6. Tahiti United – 2 pts (4 matches)
  7. Vanuatu United FC – 3 pts
  8. PNG Hekari FC – 1 pt (4 matches)
Final Papua New Guinea fixture

South Melbourne will complete their Papua New Guinea campaign on Sunday, February 8, when they face Vanuatu United FC at Santos National Football Stadium.

The match, scheduled for a 12:30 pm kick-off, will conclude their Round 2 commitments before the club returns to Melbourne to host three consecutive Round 3 fixtures.

The Round 2 Matchday 3 schedule will also see Auckland FC take on Solomon Kings FC, while PNG Hekari FC meet South Island United.
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Hahahah thats alot of football.
 
Hellenic_blue&white said:
Singh makes Messourouni look like a CL ready player!
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Yep, sums up the amateur /lottery recruitment of new players without properly scouting / evaluating them.
For me, Pope, Leech, Coveny, Lackey, Durso, Divison, Che, Skapoulis not good enough to wear smfc shirt & no need to mention the Mesarouni embarrassment - pure mediocrity.
 
smfc old skool said:
Yep, sums up the amateur /lottery recruitment of new players without properly scouting / evaluating them.
For me, Pope, Leech, Coveny, Lackey, Durso, Divison, Che, Skapoulis not good enough to wear smfc shirt & no need to mention the Mesarouni embarrassment - pure mediocrity.
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100%
 
Utterly disgraceful performance by South. We dropped points to a pub team. Most VPL1 teams would have smashed Bula 3-0 today. We made them look good and that was quite an effort on our behalf.

We should have been up 2 or 3 nill up at halftime, and then wasted a second half being utterly ineffective.

Bula could have literally won that match.
 
We are terrible. We did such a good job recruiting for the Aus Championship and now we’ve undone all the good work by not replacing Manny and Marshall properly and our depth is a lot worse without the likes of Lavale, Habib and Kaddour.

We’ll be getting slaughtered when we play proper teams like Preston, Heidelberg and Oakleigh in the NPL
 
SMFC1959 said:
Utterly disgraceful performance by South. We dropped points to a pub team. Most VPL1 teams would have smashed Bula 3-0 today. We made them look good and that was quite an effort on our behalf.

We should have been up 2 or 3 nill up at halftime, and then wasted a second half being utterly ineffective.

Bula could have literally won that match.
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This is the second straight match this circuit where we've dropped points and we need to be doing better against Vanuatu United on Sunday to close out this hub if we want to be contending for the title.
 
Our lack of speed was exposed in this game. Its not just that we are shit, we are conceeding so many chances to these teams and making horrible mistakes. You would get absolutely slapped in the npl with these performances.
 
southmelb said:
Our lack of speed was exposed in this game. Its not just that we are shit, we are conceeding so many chances to these teams and making horrible mistakes. You would get absolutely slapped in the npl with these performances.
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And not only... press enough and mistakes from the middle and back are a dime a dozen atm
 
This is how i would play it moving forward. Try win on the weekend (we probably wont), then go all out to pick up 12 points in our home hub. Then let the reserves try sneak us into the ofc finals. We cant afford to sacrifice more than 3 npl games let alone all the way until May.
 
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