Courtesy: Vital Football/York City


Loughborough Academy v York City Futsal

Title-favourites York City Futsal have a fourth successive away game when travelling to Loughborough Academy on Sunday (kick-off 7.00pm).

The Minstermen have already accounted for Manchester Academy, last-season's runners-up Derby and current leaders Tranmere Rovers whilst in defence of their National Futsal Super League Northern Division Two crown.

Fourth in the table and six points behind Rovers, York have as many as four games in hand on the Birkenhead club having already defeated them 5-3 at home last time out. England international Robbie Bettson scored a hat-trick while Miguel de Vicente and Fabinho Almeida were similarly on target.

The visitors, who won a specially arranged friendly 7-3 at Leeds Beckett on Sunday, are boosted by the return of skipper Daniel Pedras having missed the Tranmere victory due to being away on honeymoon.

Meanwhile, latest signing Mohammad Amiri, an Iranian international recruited from Hartlepool, could earn a debut against young but impressive opponents who have themselves won three of their opening four league games.

Loughborough began with successive victories over Tranmere (H 10-4), Nottingham Trent (H 7-4) and Manchester (A 3-2) before losing 6-11 at Durham in their most recent outing.

Both Liam Hulse and Binyam Amare figure strongly amongst their goalscorers with six and five respectively, while Myles Chadwick, Jamie Hallas and Nathan Jackson were all with York last season.

Elsewhere on Sunday, it's Durham v Nottingham, Tranmere v Liverpool and Derby v Manchester.

York City Futsal (from): Fabio Almeida, Mohammad Amiri, Jamie Bettson, Robbie Bettson, Anel Blazevic, James Briars, Philip Codd, Joao Costa, Miguel De Vincente, Jevgenijs Drabovics, Lewis Elliott, Michael Gratton, Mahiko Konishi, Demir Kurtovic, Dylan McAvoy, Cory McLeod, Mattia Novello, Jack Overton, Daneil Pedras, Frederick Robinson, Florin Rotariu



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