WaiBOP United will have to get rid of the 'schoolboy errors” if they want to break back into the top four of this year's ASB Premiership.

The side sit just outside the top four of the premiership after losing 3-1 to Team Wellington in their last match.

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WaiBOP United coach Peter Smith wasn't impressed with his side's performance.

'On the day schoolboy errors have cost us, soft goals again which have come back to haunt us,” says Peter.

The win ended a four-match winless run for Wellington at David Farrington Park in Wellington.

A first half own goal from the visitors followed by two goals – from league leading scorer Ben Harris and Luis Corrales - six minutes apart inside the final 15 minutes saw Team Wellington hold a 3-0 lead.

WaiBOP got themselves on the board in the 82^nd minute, two minutes after Corrales' strike, via Ryan Tinsley.

The results sees Team Wellington jump over WaiBOP United and Hawke's Bay United into third spot, a point behind second-placed Canterbury United.

The hosts quickly went 1-0 head in the third minute, as WaiBOP United's Tyler Lissette turned the ball into his own net.

The next scoring contribution didn't arrive until the 74^th minute, when Harris grabbed his eighth goal of the year, putting the ball into the roof of the net under pressure from recovering WaiBOP United defenders.

Corrales provided further insurance for his side when he tapped home at the back post on the end of an excellent Andrew Bevin break and cross.

WaiBOP United got on the score board two minutes later, from a corner but that was as good as it got for the visitors as they were leap-frogged by the hosts as the race for the top four tightened further.

The red and blues don't get it any easier with their next match against Canterbury United at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton on Sunday at 4.35pm.