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Cash Plus teams hunt vital points

IT will be another scramble for points tomorrow afternoon as Cash Plus Premier League teams jostle for third round honours as well as the top six positions.

On paper, leaders Portmore United have the easiest draw of the top six teams, facing eighth-place Seba United at Ferdie Neita Park, starting at 7:00 p.m.

Portmore are locked on 53 points with Tivoli Gardens atop the standings but boast an incredible goal difference of plus-22 to their rivals' plus-7.

Having won three games on the trot and scoring nine goals including a 4-2 walloping of Tivoli Gardens, Portmore are firm favourites to dispatch Seba at Ferdie Neita Park after notching a 2-1 first-round win at the venue.

Seba held Portmore to a 0-0 draw when they met at Jarrett Park in the second, but one win in their last six games isn't exactly the type of form which will do Theodore Whitmore's team any good against the leaders.

Sitting on a three-way tie for 35 points with St Georges and rapidly-rising Village United, Seba are actually eighth on goal difference and a loss would badly wound the team, which actually led the league for the first eight games of the first round.

Whereas Portmore should be ticking off a win against Seba, Tivoli Gardens should have their hands full at home against Waterhouse, who won their first match in eight games last Sunday, edging Boys' Town 1-0, missing chance after chance to flood the visitors.

Fourth on 42 points, one off third-place Boys' Town, Waterhouse have a game in hand against Village and must fancy their chances of a late surge to end the third round.

Tivoli played to a 0-0 draw at Sporting Central last weekend after notching back-to-back wins against Arnett and Reno but have suffered embarra**ing defeats at home this season, the last being Roen Nelson booting in four goals for Portmore's 4-2 win.

Waterhouse looked really dangerous last week at home and have a potent line-up featuring Jomo Gordon, Leon Strickland, Jonathan Williams and the speedy Roberto Fletcher, all dangerous players in and around the box.

Waterhouse's mobility could have Tivoli on the backfoot at home with a shaky defence against quality teams.

Third-place Boys' Town, on current form, should repeat their first-round home victory against Harbour View at Collie Smith Drive.

The Red Brigade have improved immensely with the return of George Vernal to lead their attacks. They have only lost once at home this season and should take advantage of inconsistent Harbour View, who will be without top striker Fabian Taylor, who is off to Norway on a one-year loan.

Dangerous Village United, unbeaten in eight games, drawing just once, should get the better of Reno FC at the Elliston-Wakeland Centre. Former national striker Tegat Davis has worked wonders for the once sure bets for relegation, putting them into contention for a top-six spot.

Reno will be hard-pressed to upstage Village and should find themselves deeper into relegation woes from next-to-last in the standings.

St Georges are at their Lynch Park fortress in a clash of promoted teams, playing improving Sporting Central and will have to be at their best to hang on to sixth spot.

Arnett should not take last-place August Town lightly at the University of the West Indies, where they beat Seba 3-0 and held Harbour View to a 2-2 draw.



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