Match Previews | Seasons may well be defined when our senior football teams run out on Saturday for the Round 14 action with vital ladder positions on offer.

 The Cobras will sweat on the availability of four crucial players if there to be a chance toppling a revived Sunbury at Clarke Oval on Saturday.

Captain Jack Parente (foot) is a 50/50 chance while Josh Huxtable, Zach Dalli and James McDaid await VFL and Coates League call ups.

Sunbury are in a similar boat with the potential inclusion of VFL talent Harry Minton-Connell back from a hamstring strain and the highly anticipated return of cornerstone mid Jake Egan (arm).

Despite the likely boost for the hosts, forward VFL listed pair Jake Sutton and Daniel Johnston will be unavailable. However, Joel Muir and Nathan Wood look set for a return from muscle soreness after missing the Lions’ nine-point win over Melton last week.

There’s plenty at stake in the BFNL’s Match of the Round in the ‘East’ given the sixth placed Lions sit just one game and 14% ahead of the Cobras in seventh.

When you compare the run home of the two sides a lot will be riding on Saturday’s result.

There’s no let up for Matty White’s Pride with Bacchus Marsh (H), Sebastopol (A), North Ballarat (H), East Point (A) and Ballarat (H) to negotiate before any theorising of the ‘f’ word.

White would love a two game and percentage buffer over the Cobras given their run home looks considerably easier on paper with meetings against Sunbury (A), Redan (A), East Point (H), Sebastopol (H) and Lake Wendouree (A).

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