Cooma Tigers secured a comprehensive 6:1 win over Brindabella in the NPL Capital Territory's Regular Season round 21 on Saturday, 15 August. The result leaves the visitors firmly in third place while Brindabella remain rooted near the bottom of the table. By then the gap between the two sides was wider than the scoreboard suggested.
Goals came at regular intervals throughout the match, with the opening three arriving inside the first eighteen minutes. The hosts managed to find the net once, but Cooma Tigers kept adding to their tally at the 43rd, 62nd, 74th and 77th minutes. It was a display that showed they fancy their chances when they can work the channels.
Brindabella sit in tenth place after thirteen games with two wins and six points — a tally that reflects their sixteen defeats across all competitions this season. Cooma Tigers, by contrast, have played fifteen matches, won ten and sit third with thirty-one points. The support of the fans could be called devoted, but that is an assessment, not a fact. The fact is that the club sits top of the table, though they are not playing the hosts.
The visitors arrive in good form, having won four of their last five outings including a 5:2 victory over Canberra Olympic on 8 August. Brindabella's recent run has been far less convincing, with defeats to Tuggeranong United and Queanbeyan City in their last two outings. They cannot afford another slip if they are to avoid further trouble.
The result extends Cooma Tigers' lead over the teams below them and leaves Brindabella with plenty of work to do before the season closes. Six points separate third from tenth, and this kind of performance does little to narrow that gap.