The visitors’ victory came courtesy of goals from former Aussie U/17 rep Joe Di Iorio and Xhezair Sulemani.

South Melbourne is on top of the league with seven points with Oakleigh Cannons also on seven points in second place. Preston is on the bottom of the table.

FOXTEL CUP RESULTS:

Round 3:

Essendon Royals 0 South Melbourne 2 (R Diaco, F De Moraes) (HT: 0-1), Oakleigh Cannons 2 (A Pelikan, E Masi) Sunshine Georgies 2 (V Trpcevski, A Magnacca) (HT: 0-2), Springvale White Eagles 0 Richmond 2 (J Di Iorio, X Sulemani) (HT: 0-1), Altona Magic 3 (S Becvinovski, M Curcija, F Richards) Preston Lions 3 (T Sterjovski, P Siveski, B Georgioski) (HT: 2-2), Fawkner Blues 2 (D Pilic 2) Kingston City 0 (HT: 0-0), Green Gully Cavaliers 1 (K Ivesic) Heidelberg United 2 (A Vlahos, N Marinos) (HT: 0-0), Melbourne Knights 0 Western Suburbs 0 (HT: 0-0)