WaiBOP United takes on Hawke's Bay United tomorrow in what promises to be a telling early season encounter.
Head coach, Peter Smith, is looking for his team to continue with the form they exhibited in a 5-1 victory over Waitakere United last week.
"We had our first experience of Thursday night football last week and I don't really think it could have gone any better. For me now it's just a case of 'more of the same, but better, please lads'," said Smith.
"We did pretty well against Waitakere, the lads were buzzing, the feedback from people in the game has been amazing... but that was last week.
"That win has filled us with belief. It was a good performance and an excellent result against one of the big boys. But if we hope to get anywhere near where we want to be then we have to take the Waitakere performance as our minimum expectation now. Other teams will improve so we have to as well."