West Torrens Birkalla 2-1 Adelaide United II
West Torrens Birkalla saw off Adelaide United II 2-1 in the Regular Season - 22 of the NPL South Australia on Friday evening. The result keeps the hosts second in the table while the visitors remain in seventh place after twenty-two games each.
D. Klaassen-Thomas opened the scoring in the twenty-sixth minute, and to be fair, the home side looked comfortable for a spell. I. Wootton pulled one back for Adelaide United II in the thirty-seventh, but by then the visitors had already conceded the initiative.
It took until the seventy-sixth minute for Klaassen-Thomas to complete his double and end a barren spell for the striker. The goal was a dangerous one, and the home side saw the game out after that without letting Adelaide United II back into it.
There were no dismissals or substitutions noted in the available data. The hosts have won fourteen of their twenty-two matches this season, with three draws and five defeats accounting for the rest.
Adelaide United II sit seven points behind the leaders after seven wins, eight draws and seven defeats. Their recent form has been mixed — a five-two win over Para Hills Knights on Saturday followed a one-one draw with Metro Stars.
The gap between the two sides remains clear in the standings. West Torrens Birkalla carry forty-five points to Adelaide United II's twenty-nine, and this result does little to close that distance.