North Zone rivals St Mary's College and league leader St Anthony's College will be seeking a hasty return to winning ways following a series of poor results when the two teams clash in today's feature match of the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League's (SSFL) Premier Division.Mid-table St Mary's College will host the derby at Serpentine Road, from 3.45 pm, simultaneously with today's six other Premier Division matches.
Following a bright start of three straight wins, coach Jason Edwards' "Saints" have gone on a downward spiral and are now winless in five matches with the last two resulting in losses.
On the opposite end, Nigel Grosvenor's "Tigers" have also seen a sudden change in fortunes, having also endured a two-match losing streak following six straight wins from the start of the campaign.
St Anthony's suffered back-to-back losses against a seemingly formidable force in Naparima College (5�1) on Saturday and San Juan North (3�2) on Monday. The latter was a rescheduled fixture.
Now in its third fixture in six days, anything but a win from St Anthony's could see Naparima College storm to the top of the table for the first time this season and with only four regular league matches remaining after today's fixtures.
Naparima, two points behind the league leaders, will host ninth-placed Fatima College at Lewis St, San Fernando.Naparima is on a resurgence following the return of its national Under-20 trio of Jabari Mitchell, Nicholas Dillon and Martieon Watson, all of whom were on target in Saturday's crushing win over St Anthony's.
Today's Premier fixtures
St Mary's College v St Anthony's College, Serpentine Road
Naparima College vs Fatima College, Lewis St, San Fernando
San Juan North vs Presentation San Fernando, San Juan
St Augustine vs Chaguanas North, St Augustine
Shiva Boys HC vs East Mucurapo, Guaracara Park
Arima North vs Trinity College, Arima
Carapichaima East vs St Benedict's, Carapichaima?
Premier Division Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
St Anthony's 8 6 0 2 27 9 18
Naparima 8 5 1 2 19 11 16
San Juan North 8 5 0 3 20 12 15
Trinity East 8 4 3 1 15 9 15
St Benedict's 8 4 3 1 10 5 15
St Mary's 8 3 3 2 11 8 12
Shiva Boys 8 4 0 4 15 12 12
St Augustine 8 2 4 2 12 13 10
Fatima College 8 2 3 3 8 14 9
Carapichaima East 8 2 3 3 5 13 9
Chaguanas North 8 2 2 4 4 11 8
Arima North 8 2 1 5 10 15 7
Presentation S/do 8 2 0 6 9 14 6
East Mucurapo 8 1 1 6 6 15 4