Making two changes to its starting line-up, Andy Vlahos replaced by Dusko Delic and Mehmet Karakilic replaced in the starting 11 by Alfonso Opazo, Hume City hosted a strong Sunshine Georgies outfit for its first match of the season at Broadmeadows Valley Park.

With the wind behind them in the first half Sunshine Georgies, played a tight and physical brand of football in an attempt to derail the Hume City attack and polish on the ball of the past 4 weeks. Hume City lost Phil Riccobene at the 27^th minute mark to what seemed like a serious knee injury after colliding with Papadopolous in the middle of the park. Andy Vlahos called on his experienced defender Serdar Pir to take over right back for the remainder of the match.

With the match in the balance, and both sides determined to open the scoring it was Sunshine who had the chances in the first half. Fiddell Richards came close after he headed the ball into the arms of Louie Acevski at the 31 minute mark. At the 33 minute the Georgies followed up with a corner kick which almost sent them up 1-0, only to be denied by hard working Opazo who cleared the ball off the line to keep his team on level terms. Fiddell Richards took another long distance shot which went over the cross bar after the ball was turned over by the City defence.

Steven Pace set up an inform Zoran Petrevski at the 37^th minute who crossed the ball only to have it cleared by the Sunshine defence.

Stuart Nicholson came close to scoring for Sunshine only to be denied by City captain Louie Acevski.

Petrevski was fouled at the 45^th minute just outside the box by Kyle Joryeff. Sensing a goal Cardozo took a quick left foot shot on goal only to be saved by the keeper.

Izzy Erdogan was given a yellow card at the 45 + 1 minute mark for a crude tackle. Unable to break the deadlock both teams went into the rooms 0-0 at half time.

The second half saw a Hume City outfit ready to take charge of the match. Zoran Petrevski came out of the rooms like a man possessed winning every single 1 on 1 battle with his opponent running them around the ground and making it impossible for the defence to keep up with him. Petrevski took a long distance shot with his left foot only to have the opposition keeper tip the ball over the cross bar in the first two minutes of the second half. Petrevski once again came close to goals after he almost put the ball past the keeper with a header at the 48^th minute mark.

Putting constant pressure on the opposition defence, Sunshine finally cracked at the 50^th minute after Goran Talevski set up Richard Cardozo who scored a ripping left foot goal from outside the box, leaving all players on the park watching in disbelief.

Sensing more goals Hume City continued to attack and trouble Sunshine through constant pressure starting from the defence. Steven Pace and Izzy Erdogan once again played influential roles, wining the battle over their direct opponents.

At the 58^th minute Izzy Erdogan was taken off the ground after spiltting his head open in a clash of heads with Gary Greenhill. Replaced by Mehmet Karakilic, Hume City came close at the 60^th minute with a shot by Talevski which was blocked by the Sunshine keeper.

Dusko Delic followed up with a shot on goal at the 62^nd minute, only to be denied once more the Sunshine keeper.

At the 64^th minute Cardozo took a well timed corner kick where Petrevski was fouled in the box, but no penalty was awarded. Unsettling the opposition defence with great effect Petrevski scored at the 65^th minute mark sending Hume City up 2-0. Richard Cardozo followed up with calm flick past the keeper at the 67^th minute mark to make it 3-0 sending the City fans wild.

In complete shock Sunshine struggled to gain composure whilst Hume City stamped its authority on the game. Steven Pace was replaced by youngster Jake Nakic at the 70^th minute. With three of its starting 4 defenders off with injuries Hume City reformed its team to combat a hungry Sunshine attack trying to gain some respect on the scoreboard.

Sunshine pulled one back after James Blackburn put in a well timed cross at the 77^th minute to have Stuart Nicholson header the ball past Acevski, making the score line 3-1. With a scrappy contest, and ordinary playing conditions both sides arm wrestled the remainder of the match to no effect until Papadopolous scored a diving header to make the scores 3-2 at the 91^st minute of the match.

With Sunshine searching for a third goal, the referee blew the whistle and Hume City won the match making it 5 wins from 5 starts for season 2010.