The Matamata Swifts Waikato Premier League (WPL) juggernaut rumbled on with a comfortable, and reasonably convincing, victory on Saturday at bottom-placed Unicol. While the Swifts didn't have everything their own way they did most things right and emerged from this sodden fixture with yet another three points to maintain their lead at the top of the WPL.

Matamata, usually such slow starters, began this match emphatically. The small crowd barely had time to make themselves comfortable before chirpy midfielder, John Massey, stroked the ball home to give the Swifts the lead. Only one Unicol player had touched the ball before ii was being picked out of the back of the net, such was the speed of this opening goal.

While this start seemed to rock the home side they didn't start wobbling until later on in the first half. They even managed to send a slight tremor through the Swifts side when they equalised on the ten minute mark, courtesy of an angled screamer after some lazy Matamata defending.

The Swifts got themselves back on track with two more first half goals, although they really should have had a few more. John Massey added to his tally with another crisp strike while Adam Graham notched his obligatory goal with a nice outside-of-the-foot finish.

After the break the Swifts were, if anything, even more dominant but it took a while to find another goal. When it did come, however, it was well worth the wait. Rodrigo Navarro, restored to the first team after several weeks with the reserves, chested a cross down and smacked a brutal, dipping, left-footed volley under the cross bar from all of 25 yards.

Soon after Navarro showed he is just as comfortable inside the box when he added his second, a right footed drive from ten yards.

With the result secure Matamata was able to hand first team debut's to Neil Slater and young Jono Monteith before finishing the match with a flourish. Bustling striker, Jason Collins, was brought down in the box to give Ged Parkinson, the Swifts' penalty king, a shot from the spot. Parkinson doesn't waste such opportunities and within seconds the Swifts had six.

As they have so many times this season, Matamata won this game through a dominating midfield performance. Alberto Romero and Andy Birchenough continued to do what they've been doing for weeks, while John Massey and man of the match, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, added bite and precision to overwhelm their opponents.

The Swifts back three of Dai Lowry, Ged Parkinson and Colin Taylor coped well with the greasy conditions and kept Unicol to only a handful of chances throughout the match.