With Digicel T&T Pro League leaders, Central FC defending champions DirecTV W Connection, five points adrift in second spot will be aiming to cut its lead at the top when it tackles bogey team this season, Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh in the second match of a double-header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, from 8 pm.
On Tuesday last, Central FC made certain of staying top of the nine-team standings when it edged red-hot Pt Fortin Civic 1-0 thanks to a strike from inform Willis Plaza to climb to 35 points from 16 matches and also earned the $35,000 for topping the second round table with 18 points, four more than Jabloteh.
Meanwhile, W Connection (30 points) which needed a win to stay in with a chance at drawing level on points at the end of the round with the was held to a 1-1 draw by second from bottom Caledonia AIA.
And tonight, while on paper it will start as favourites, the Stuart Charles-Fevrier-coached W Connection know all to well that Jabloteh, fourth on the table with 23 points, will pose a much tougher task as was evident in their two previous meetings so far this season.
In fact, Jabloteh, coming of a 2-1 win over Defence Force, winners of two of the last three Pro league crowns thanks to a double from Jamaican Newton Sterling, holds the edge in their clashes so far for the 2014/2015 campaign, a 1-1 round one league draw, and a 2-0 triumph in their First Citizens Cup quarterfinal last November.
Speaking on the eve on the match, Charles-Fevrier noted that there is still a very long way to go in the title race and from his point of view, he was very confident that his club can defend its title."
Two hours earlier at Couva, Caledonia, winless in its last three matches, but buoyed by the 1-1 draw with W Connection will be hoping for much more improvement as it faces high riding third placed Japs North East Stars (26 points), which is coming off a 2-1 win over St Ann's Rangers, and won their first round duel, 2-1.
Missing out on tonight's match will be Caledonia's midfielder Conrod Smith and his Stars' rival Dwayne James, both through suspension.
Up at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, fifth and sixth placed teams Defence Force and Pt Fortin Civic will both be hoping to get back to winning form against St Ann's Rangers (6 pm) and Police FC (8 pm), respectively.