A Stevonn Stoute hat-trick, along with a Kevon Woodley brace helped Malabar FC replace Guaya United for second spot, when the match day 13 in the blink/bmobile National Super League, on Sunday.
Malabar FC secured a 7-1 whipping of Tobago’s Stokely Vale, at UTT Ground, O’Meara, simultaneously with Guaya United’s second loss of the campaign, this time against another Tobago team, 1976 FC Phoenix, 2-1.
Phoenix took a 1-0 lead just after a half-hour, before Carlon Hughes levelled the score for Guaya in the 70th minute. Unfortunately for the visitors, Phoenix took a second lead almost immediately via an effort from LeJandro Williams.
Despite the loss, Guaya United will have the opportunity to once again return to second spot when it takes on Defence Force at Frederick Settlement Ground, Caroni, today, from 4 pm, in a rescheduled round one fixture.
There will be one other rescheduled fixture today with 1976 FC Phoenix hosts Real Maracas at Canaan, Bon Accord, at the same time.
Malabar currently sits two points behind Club Sando, which was on a bye on Sunday. A win today for Guaya will put the team ahead of Malabar and a single point behind the league leader.
Following today’s rescheduled matches, the league will take a break for the knockout round, which starts on Sunday. The results today will determine the placement in the standings, which will determine the knockout fixtures.
Results
Defence Force 3 (Jahvon Neptune 13th, 42nd, Keron Bruno 61st) v Bethel Utd 1 (Carron Williams 71st)
Siparia Spurs 1 (Danial Garcia 89th) v WASA FC 1 (Fabian Garcia 64th)
Malabar FC 7 (Stevonn Stoute 29th, 44th, 66th, Kevon Woodley 9th, 85th, Jameel Neptune 53rd, Julio Noel 90th) v Stokely Vale 1
Real Maracas 7 (Jahhan Hernandez 28th, 54th, Dillon Bartholomew 34th, 46th, 63rd, Frankie Castillo 85th, Shaquille Smith 87th) v Westside Superstarz 0
Joe Public 1 (Ellis Dyett 52nd) v FC Santa Rosa 1 (Devon King 78th)
1976 FC Phoenix 2 (Dominique Kerr 32nd, LeJandro Williams 73rd) v Guaya United 1 (Carlon Hughes 70th)
Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Club Sando 12 9 2 1 28 10 29
Malabar FC 12 8 3 1 40 21 27
Guaya Utd 11 8 1 2 27 13 25
FC Phoenix 11 5 5 1 18 14 20
Maracas 11 5 2 4 20 13 17
Joe Public 12 4 4 4 20 17 16
Stokely Vale 12 5 1 6 19 26 16
Defence Force 11 3 2 6 17 31 11
Siparia Spurs 12 2 3 7 26 32 9
Bethel Utd 12 2 3 7 16 30 9
WASA FC 12 1 5 6 10 16 8
Santa Rosa 12 1 3 8 12 32 6
Today's Fixtures
1976 FC Phoenix v Real Maracas, Canaan, Bon Accord, 4 pm
Defence Force v Guaya Utd, Frederick Settlement Ground, Caroni, 4 pm
Sunday's Knockout Fixtures
League # 4 v FC Santa Rosa, Venue TBA
League # 5 v WAA FC, Venue TBA
League # 6 v Bethel United, Venue TBA
Joe Public FC v Siparia Spurs, Marvin Lee Stadium, 4 pm
Stokely Vale v Defence Force, Plymouth Recreation Ground, 4 pm.
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