Ngongotaha AFC aim to make it two from two

Mitch Miller was on target for Ngongotaha AFC in last week's 4-2 away win over Papakura City. Photo / Stephen Parker

Ngongotaha AFC will be looking to back up their first win of the season last weekend with a first home victory.

The Villagers beat Papakura City 4-2 last Saturday in the Northern League Division Two - a win made all the more satisfying as it was away from home.

This weekend, Ngongotaha take on table-topping Fencibles Utd at Stembridge Rd (kick-off 2.45pm).

Coach Shane Davis said he would be looking for another three points, but crucial would be a tightening up of the defence.

"That's the main thing - we are still leaking goals," he said. "We are managing to score goals now, we've just got to stop conceding them.''

He said he was happy with the players he had in the defensive positions.

"I've not changed anyone around, I can work with what I've got, but our backline is probably one of the youngest in the league - they are under 21 the whole lot of them."

Up front he has no worries with the front three of Mitchell Miller, Alexis Pinto and Harlem Simiona all capable of scoring goals as Miller and Pinto showed in last week's win.

"It's a matter of finding them pretty early and them putting it in the net and getting the defence to work as a unit."

Davis said the team was slowly coming to grips with the challenge of playing Northern League football.

"It's a big jump up from last year. Given that for a lot of our guys, they haven't actually played Northern League, it's a ginormous learning curve for them."

The weekend of May 13/14 Ngongotaha are in Chatham Cup action, playing Bucklands Beach AFC away.