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Elsewhere, Central Queensland proved their resolve with a stirring victory away to Far North Queensland capturing the club's first points of the campaign.
Redlands United 3 (Macuace 17' Purcell 88' Way 90+2')
Queensland Academy of Sport 1 (Yango 77')
Redlands temporarily moved into first on Friday night, producing a stirring finish to score twice late and deny the QAS just their second point of the season.
Keiran Purcell and Reuben Way were the saviours for the hosts, crushing the Academy's spirits with goals in the 88th and 92nd minutes respectively.
The Academy had equalised just eleven minutes prior to Purcell's goal through Abraham Yango's long-range effort, some 60 minutes after Jheison Macuace netted his fifth of the season for the Devils.
Redlands slipped back to second by the completion of Round 6 but maintain a +7 goal difference over the Strikers, while the QAS' lost opportunity saw them slide to bottom.
Northern Fury 2 (Stanley 2' Read 37')
Palm Beach Sharks 2 (Lucas pen 63', pen 72')
Northern Fury moved into the top four on Saturday despite Palm Beach clawing back a two goal deficit to take a point back to the Gold Coast.
The match was Fury's third in succession at their Townsville Sports Reserve home and, much like the previous two results, their 2-0 half-time lead appeared as though it would result in a comfortable victory.
However, a pair of penalties from Chris Lucas inside ten second-half minutes turned the match around for the visiting Sharks and puncturing Fury's burgeoning momentum.
Palm Beach's comeback was soured somewhat when captain Justyn McKay sent off for a second yellow card, though they will still be pleased with an unlikely point which lifts them two places into eighth.
Brisbane Strikers 7 (Thurtell 11' King 27', 79', 87' McVey 46' Richter 57', 90+3')
Moreton Bay United 0
Moreton Bay's honeymoon period came to a grinding halt on Saturday night as the new club were thrashed 7-0 by Brisbane Strikers at Perry Park.
Winger Greg King was the star for the hosts, netting an impressive hat-trick to go with a brace from fellow wide-man Jonti Richter and strikers Matt Thurtell and Josh McVey.
The win was the Strikers' third in a row since their Round 3 reality check from Olympic, helping them into equal second ahead of the weekend's match against Western Pride.
The Jets, meanwhile, have fallen to seventh, but remain five points clear of Palm Beach in eighth.
FNQ Heat 1 (Sabbadin 19')
Central Queensland Energy 4 (Geddes 33', 75' Waterland 66' Wilson 88')
Central Queensland's players swatted aside the drama engulfing their club with a stunning 4-1 victory away to Far North Queensland on Saturday night.
CQ's first points of the season, achieved through three second-half goals, came at the end of a week in which the fallout from coach Joe Fenech's resignation continued to rage.
Chris Geddes has been one of few highlights for Energy this season and sparked the visitors' upset with both the equaliser and his team's third, aided in his work by former QSL star Sander Waterland and Jake Wilson.
The result moved Central Queensland two points ahead of the winless QAS, while Heat will look to increase their slim lead on CQ when they travel to meet Moreton Bay at Wolter Park.
Brisbane City 3 (Murray 65' Pase 69' Le Petit 84')
Western Pride 2 (Woodruffe 62' Dragar 88')
Antonio Murray moved one clear on the league's goalscoring charts as his Brisbane City did enough to hold off Western Pride in the first of a Goodwin Park double-header.
The five goals scored in the match came in a combined period of eleven minutes as City turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead in the space of four minutes, before Dean Le Petit and Peter Dragar scored one each for either side to complete the scoring at 3-2 in City's favour.
Despite scoring the first and last goals of the match, the result relegated Pride to a fourth consecutive loss and ninth position.
Olympic FC 4 (McLean 37' Ingham 73' Tabulo 83' Archibald 89')
Sunshine Coast 1
Olympic restored their position as league-leaders on Sunday with a late burst conquering Sunshine Coast 4-1 at Goodwin Park.
The final match of the round and Sunday's double-header was set alight in the final twenty minutes as classy finishes from young winger Jai Ingham and new recruit Carl Tabulo set the scene for Ross Archibald's late rocket to send Olympic fans home on a high.
Wade Zammit had struck earlier in the second period to cancel out Jake McLean's first-half opener, but Fire were unable to prevent their hosts from finding clear space at the top of the table.