AN encounter featuring two of last year's finalists shapes as a must-win game in the fifth round of action in the Victorian Premier League.
The eighth-placed Green Gully will host the 10th-placed Altona Magic on Saturday afternoon with both teams desperate for a win.
The Cavaliers will want to improve on a home record that has seen them lose two from two at Green Gully Reserve this season.
Meanwhile, the form of defending champion Altona Magic is becoming increasingly worrying with no wins to start the season.
They have managed to score just once this season, that goal coming against South Melbourne in the opening round.
On Sunday afternoon, the in-form Hume City will host Sunshine George Cross at Broadmeadows Valley Park.
City has a 100 per cent record this season that has seen it score 10 goals and only concede two.
The Georgies will be looking to bounce back from a poor 2-0 loss to Bentleigh Greens last week.
In a huge contest on Saturday night, the struggling Dandenong Thunder will host a South Melbourne side coming off its first win of the season.
Dandenong has lost three on the trot with the defence leaking 10 goals to start the season.
South entered the top five for the first time this season after a 2-1 win at home to Green Gully last week.
The three points and the goal scoring form of Fernando De Moraes, who is the competition's leading scorer with five goals, will buoy Vaughan Coveny's side.
The competition's two promoted teams will also face off in round five, with Northcote City hosting the Bentleigh Greens on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams are coming off surprise wins with the Greens undefeated this season in fourth spot.
The Greens beat George Cross while Northcote City beat Altona Magic for its first win last week.
On Sunday night, the two cellar dwellers will be searching for win number one of the season.
The Melbourne Knights host a Daniel Visevic inspired Richmond side.
Visevic has scored in every game this season and Richmond has climbed to third on the ladder.
The Knights have struggled, firstly unable to score a late goal in a draw with Sunshine George Cross and then putting in a lacklustre display in a 2-0 loss at Hume City last week.
Heidelberg will be at home for the second time this season when it hosts the table-topping Oakleigh Cannons.
The Warriors are struggling and will need to lift drastically to beat the Cannons.
Controlling midfield duo Bill Damianos and Cameron Watson as well as strikers Jerry Karpeh and Michael Curcija will be a tough task for the worst defence in the league.
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