Brian Woodall’s second goal in as many weeks guided Inglewood United to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cockburn City.   Woodall punished a defensive lapse midway through the second half to secure victory at Dalmatinac Park, open the club’s Night Series account and give new coach Taki Nicolaidis three points from his first game in charge.

Despite windy conditions, Inglewood dominated the first half with Callum O’Connell and John Migas combining to open Cockburn up on several occasions at the back.   But the closest either side came to taking the leading was when Angel Andres skipped away down the opposite end only to be denied by the sharp reflexes of Alex Dunn.

With Jason Barrera pulling the strings in midfield, Inglewood continued to dictate terms after the internal with some fluent movement of the ball.   The game’s solitary goal arrived on 71 minutes, Jason Colli harassing goalkeeper Dominic Savodelli into gifting possession to Woodall, who had the simple task of running the ball into an empty net.

Match stats

Cockburn City 0
Inglewood United 1 (Woodall 71)

Cockburn City: Dominic Savodelli, Nathan De Abreu (Brandon De Abreu 62), Blake Adams, Euan Grant, Cameron Edwards (Julian Teles 64), Nathan Bowden-Haase, Jose Bonilla (Andrew Emsavana 46), David Araya, Ali Gholami, Reuben Tristao, Angel Andres

Inglewood United: Alex Dunn, Adam Tong (Rikki Smith 46), David Cyrus, Scott Blackmore, Jason Colli, Josh Pereira (Mark Pritchard 59), Tim Gould (Ashley Rosindale 78), Jason Barrera, John Migas, Callum O’Connell, Brian Woodall

Bookings: Gould (45), Andres (55)

Dismissals: Nil