Yoogali SC taking on Canberra White Eagles in Capital Football NPL2

The White Eagles were last year's NPL2 minor premiers, and Yoogali SC coach Luke Santolin knows his side are coming up against a tough challenge.

"When I played against them in 2013 they were easily the biggest club, and they have obviously continued that standard, so I'm not surprised that they are still up and around the top," he said.

"They hit a couple of speed bumps in the first couple of rounds so for them this will be a must-win game, so we expect them to come with everything they have got."

The White Eagles find themselves sitting in fourth with a win, loss and draw to start the season and will be looking to rebound from a 1-0 loss to Queanbeyan City last weekend.

"The way that results have been have been unfolding they are all going to be big games," he said.

"Everyone is taking points from each other, so it is going to be another big challenge for us on Sunday."

The highlight of the Yoogali win last weekend was the work rate of the front four which included latest signing Danny Roche.

"I think Danny was a bit of a missing link for us," he said.

"He has come in as a true number 9, and it made the players around him a little bit better as well. Joe (Preece), Calvin (Roddie) and Mitch (Bagiante) had a lot more success in attack and a lot of it was off the back of Danny's link-up play so we will keep building on that."

It wasn't only in attack where the forwards were having an impact with their forward press causing O'Connor issues, and Santolin hoped that would continue this weekend.

"One thing they are doing well whether they realise it or not is they are our first line of defence," he said.

"We are making teams uncomfortable in the way that our front four is pressing high and then we are attacking from a turnover. If they can continue that mindset, it is going to lead to more opportunity in attack as well.

"We have worked hard on our fitness, so if you are fit, you might as well use it."

Andrew Keady and Andrew Vitucci both missed Yoogali's clash with O'Connor and Santolin wasn't sure if they return this weekend.

He does however have full confidence in whoever takes their place in the squad.

"They still haven't trained so we will see Thursday if they are fit enough to come back into the fold," he said.

"One positive out of last week's game was that we had to make some changes, but we continued to perform well.

"Whichever team we put out there on Sunday I'll be backing to be able to put in a good performance."

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