Caroni Samba climbed to the top of the table in the Central Football Association Premier Division standings after securing default wins in two straight matches on the weekend.
First up, Caroni Samba won by default from Las Lomas on Friday at Frederick Settlement, Caroni on Friday and two days later, Strugglers also failed to show at Woodford Lodge Ground, Chaguanas.
The back-to-back wins pushed Caroni Samba to 26 points from its 12-matches, one ahead of Harlem Strikers which has a match in hand while third place KC Perseverance United is third with 23 and one match left to play also ahead of the “Big-Six” competition.
On Sunday, Strikers’ got a hat-trikc from former Guyanese international Carey Harris in a 4-1 whipping of Flamengo at Caroni while Perseverance United slipped out of top spot after a 1-1 with “Big Six” hopefuls, Edinburg which ended with 19 points, the same as St Mary’s United which has a match left.
Also certain of its involvement in the Big-Six is Perseverance Ball Runners with 20 points from its full slate of matches thanks to a 6-1 thrashing of Cap Off Youths on Friday at Woodford Lodge Ground, Chagaunas led by a hat-trick from Kerwin Beckles.
CFA results (Friday)
Ball Runners 6 (Kareem Beckles 21st, Keel Morris 24th, Kerwin Beckles 37th, 42nd, 67th, Akil Nichols 52nd) vs Cap Off Youths 1 (Lou Ramoutar 73rd)
Caroni Samba 3 vs Las Lomas 0 - By default
Sunday:
Caroni Samba 3 vs Strugglers 0 - By Default
Perseverance Utd 1 (Scott Benny 59th) vs Edinburgh 500 1 (Moriba Jacob 86th)
Harlem Strikers 4 (Carey Harris 15th, 38th, 79th, Phillip Wickham 62nd) vs Flamengo 1 (Shae Bethel 42nd)
Today’s matches
Cap Off Youths vs Strugglers, Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas, 5.30pm
Couva Sports vs St Mary’s Utd, Couva Rec. Ground, 5.30pm
Harlem Strikers vs Leeds Utd, Frederick Settlement, Caroni, 6.30pm
CFA Premier Division standings
Clubs P W D L F A Pts
Caroni Samba 12 8 2 2 30 13 26
Strikers 11 7 4 0 30 10 25
Perseverance Utd 11 7 2 2 36 13 23
Ball Runners 12 6 2 4 30 23 20
St Mary’s 11 5 4 2 19 11 19
Edinburgh 12 5 4 3 24 19 19
Highlanders 11 5 1 5 43 25 16
Las Lomas 12 5 1 6 20 32 16
Couva Sports 9 5 0 4 23 18 15
Leeds Utd 11 4 0 7 15 24 12
Flamengo 11 3 1 7 26 46 10
Strugglers 10 1 0 9 10 38 3
Cap off Youths 11 0 1 10 9 43 1