The Cup will be on offer for the second time with South taking out the inaugural match last year.

City suffered its first defeat at the hands of Oakleigh last week and has been undermanned because of injury since Easter.

South Melbourne, the competition's best travelling side, is coming off a huge derby win over the Melbourne Knights.

Half of South's goals this season have come from Fernando De Moraes, but he has not been on the scoresheet in more than a month.

In other games on Sunday, the league will travel to Bendigo, where Green Gully will host Sunshine George Cross.

The Gully has had consecutive wins for the first time this season but were less than impressive in a 1-0 win over Northcote City last weekend.

The Georgies were outclassed by Richmond on Friday night and have dropped three points adrift of the top five.

Reigning champion Altona Magic will host the Melbourne Knights in a must-win clash for both sides.

The two Victorian powerhouses have both had slow starts to the season and will be looking to get on a roll for the first time in 2010.

The Knights struggled in the attacking third last week and will want more creativity and impact from striker Jean-Charles Dubois and wingers Kevin Townson and Adrian Zahra.

Magic is winless in its three home games and has struggled in attack with seven goals in as many games.

On Monday night, the top of the table Oakleigh Cannons will host Richmond.

The Cannons moved to the top last week and have benefited from striker Jerry Karpeh's four goals.

Richmond's attacking third has been blessed with the abilities of Daniel Visevic and Jesse Krncevic, who together have scored nine of the side's 12 goals.

In a game between two of the most exciting attacking line ups in the league, the Eagles duo will be on the same pitch as Cannons pair Cameron Watson and Bill Damianos, both part of the side who put three past the Hume City defence in its previous outing.

Northcote City will host the Dandenong Thunder at John Cain Memorial Park on Saturday.

City has lost two games on the trot, both 1-0, and will be hopeful of having striker Trent Rixon back to bolster its firepower up front.

The Thunder has continued to struggle, winless since the opening round of the season and in the relegation zone.

Opening the round, Bentleigh Greens and Heidelberg United will battle it out on Friday night.

The Greens are back in the top five after last week's win while United remains winless this season.

The Bergers are back out of the red in points after securing a draw with Altona last week but they have scored just one point in three travels.