Green Gully host St Albans Saints in the NPL Victoria regular season on 21 August 2026, and the visitors take all three points with a 2-1 victory. The match finishes 1-2 after three goals across the second half. By then, the away side had already established a pattern of staying compact and hitting on the break. And here's the thing — three goals in eighty minutes is not a lot of action, but every one mattered.
C. Jarome gives the hosts a half-time lead with a fifty-minute strike. The goal comes just before the interval and puts Green Gully ahead for the first time. St Albans Saints respond with a shift in approach, pushing higher up the pitch. M. Platt equalises in the seventy-eighth minute, and the momentum swings away from the home side.
D. Alessi seals the result in stoppage time with a ninety-first-minute goal. The finish comes after a period of sustained pressure, and Green Gully simply cannot clear their lines. To be fair, the hosts had opportunities earlier, but the visitors were more clinical when it counted. The stadium fell silent after that third goal.
The result leaves Green Gully in thirteenth place with eighteen points from twenty-six games. They have four wins, six draws and sixteen losses. St Albans Saints sit ninth with thirty-four points, nine victories and ten defeats. The gap between them is sixteen points, and that is not closing quickly.
Green Gully's recent form has been difficult. They lost 4-1 to Oakleigh Cannons on 14 August and drew 2-2 with Preston Lions three weeks earlier. A goalless draw against Dandenong City and a 3-1 win over Dandenong Town provide little comfort. The run does not suggest a turnaround is imminent.
St Albans Saints came into this match with mixed results. They drew 1-1 with Bentley Green on 14 August and lost 2-0 to South Melbourne two weeks later. A 3-2 victory over Hume City and back-to-back draws with Avondale and Sunshine George Cross show they can compete. This win keeps them within striking distance of the top half.