Canberra Olympic kept the pressure on the competition frontrunners with an important 2-1 win over a 10-man Woden-Weston at Woden Park on Saturday night.
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Beginning the round in second place, Canberra Olympic kept the heat on leaders Cooma with the victory.
Olympic needed just seven minutes to take the lead when Nathen Megic's looping header from a corner found the back of the net off the post.
But just eight minutes later, Woden-Weston equalised when Goran Milutinovic's header off a Matthew Waters free kick found the mark.
Just before half-time Woden-Weston were reduced to 10 men when Arok Thon was given an early shower after receiving a second yellow card.
The hosts defended desperately a man down in the second half, and looked a chance to hold on for a draw before disaster struck.
With 17 minutes remaining, Canberra Olympic secured all three points through a successful penalty kick from Philippe Bernabo-Madrid.
In Saturday's other match third-placed Canberra FC proved far too strong for FFA Centre of Excellence 7-2 with Aidan Brunskill and Thomas James both scoring doubles for the winners.
Sunday: Gungahlin FC v Tuggeranong United at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval; Canberra United Academy v Monaro Panthers at Hawker Football Centre, 3pm; Cooma Tigers v Belconnen United at Nijong Oval (all games 3pm0.
