Canberra Olympic has set up a mouth-watering grand final showdown with arch-rivals Canberra FC after upsetting Cooma Tigers FC in Sunday's preliminary final.
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Olympic easily accounted for a 10-man Tigers side 4-1 at Deakin Stadium to progress to next Sunday's decider against Canberra FC at McKellar Park.
The Tigers couldn't recover after they had Liam Highmore sent-off after just eight minutes for a professional foul when he was the last man in front of goal.
Olympic finished fourth on the table to scrape into the finals, but will take plenty of confidence from its record against the league champions this season.
With a win and a draw from their two encounters, Olympic coach Frank Cachia said his squad wouldn't be overawed by the occasion.
"It's what we've been aiming for all year to try to get to that last weekend and we've got there," Cachia said.
"We have come home with a pretty wet sail, I think we've lost one of our last seven or eight games. It's a final, positions on the table mean nothing, and it's two traditional rivals and there will be no love lost."
The Tigers have gone out in straight sets for the second straight year, losing the qualifying and preliminary final on both occasions after finishing in the top two during the regular season.
Olympic hit the front in the 18th minute through Tom McLachlan to take a 1-0 advantage into half-time.
Callum Smith and Tim Bobolas scored in quick succession to put Olympic up 3-0 after 54 minutes.
Robbie Cattanach extended Olympic's lead to make it 4-0 in the 75th minute before Hussein Fureje got a consolation goal for the Tigers.
There was a huge upset in the women's Premier League, with Canberra FC's Rachel Goldstein scoring with the last kick of the game to beat Gungahlin United 2-1.
Canberra FC will face Belconnen United in the women's final.
