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York City Futsal v Durham Futsal

National League North Division Two leaders York City Futsal are back in action when hosting Durham Futsal at the University of York Sports Centre on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 2.45pm).

The Minstermen haven't played since comprehensively accounting for Manchester Futsal Academy a fortnight prior to Christmas, when James Briars, Miguel De Vicente, Fabinho Almeida, Joe Iggulden and Jamie Bettson helped them towards a resounding 5-0 success.

That was an eighth consecutive victory for the champions and sufficient to leave them already a massive eight points clear of the rest and with still a game in hand on second-placed Derby.


The Minstermen remain unbeaten after blasting five goals past Manchester

However, head coach Junior Roberti has further strengthened his options this week with the acquisition of latest recruit Victor Contreras from Spanish club Villanueva Mesia FS.

His charges will be looking to complete a third league double of the season against Durham having already won the reverse fixture 4-2 back in November. Goals on that occasion from Adam Richmond, Miguel De Vicente (2) and Robbie Bettson.

Both Robbie Bettson and skipper Daniel Pedras are back available for the champions following respective international duty and a calf injury.


The champions are strong favourites to secure a second consecutive league title

Fourth-placed Durham have won four of their opening eight games, although slipping to a 9-12 home defeat to Derby in their latest encounter.

The visitors have though one of the top scorers in the league within their ranks in Adam Byron, who actually missed that game but has already netted a dozen goals in seven starts.

Elsewhere, there's a full programme of fixtures this weekend with Derby travelling to Liverpool, third-placed Tranmere Rovers at home to bottom club Nottingham and Loughborough Academy welcoming their Manchester counterparts.

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



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