 Alright, so we're staying with football care on the Sportsmax zone. The first two-fixed gels of match week 23 in the Ryan Nephew Jamaica Premier League took place on Monday, with both matches causing some movement close to the top of the table. Javed Bryan has a recap. Just four games remaining in the preliminary round in the Ryan Nephew Jamaica Premier League, important points were up for grabs on Monday at the Antonis Ball & Sports Complex. First up, a top four clash, Pitt and Cavalier who came into the game on a rare three-match winless run against Portma United, who although 15 games unbeaten had drawn five of their last six games. When the teams met in December, only one goal could separate them. There was a similar theme in this affair, and with the chances few and far between, it was an Alex Marshall penalty that secured the win for Portma. Their head coach Philip Williams was satisfied with the performance. I definitely saw Cavalier as a good team, and I mean these are the teams that you have to beat in order to have a good assessment of your team. I think today was a good game. On the other hand, Cavalier technical director Rudolf Speed was left frustrated. Well, it's what it is, we have to just make sure, we're still in the top six, I mean we have lost farm, badly, he didn't abetted by some atrocious cars, but I mean it's the first of us in our refragia, we can't take it back because the man was on one before. These things happening against us, we just have to take it in our strides as opposed to the territory. It does happen too often, probably last four games, every game is the same thing, but we'll see what happens. The main event in the jungle was still to come, Championship Hopefuls, Arnett Gardens in front of their home support, taking on Humber Lion, who began the season as playoff Hopefuls, but now are only seeking consolidation ahead of next season. But against the run of play, and the hopes of the home crowd, Afiba Chambers stunned off the jungle in the ninth minute to give Humber Lion the lead. The jungleists did not drop their heads however, and after pelting the Humber Lion goal, they finally got their reward, Chevalani Willis heading into an open net to equalize. One-one the squirt halftime, but in a devastating show of attacking Pro-Wrestle, Arnett turned on the style in the second half with goal after goal. First, Jaheem Thomas, notching his fifth of the season, following good work from Rashid Kelsen on the right, then, Captain Fantastic, Fabian Paco Black's read, decided to join the party. First, a cool left footed finish to make it 3-1, within a sublime curler into the top corner, which left Humber Lion custodian Hasani Barnes with no chance. And then speaking of no chance, Chevalani Willis capped off his man of the match display with this. That's how it would end, a 5-1 victory, 3 points, and a job well done. If to say, Arnett Gardens head coach Zave Gilbert was extremely pleased with his team's performance. Meanwhile, Humber Lion coach Lin Van Wilson said this was all part of the process. After another enthralling edition of Monday Night Football, this is how these results have shaken up the table, with both Portmar United and Arnett Gardens joining Cavalier on 45 points, style. Yeah, well, I think it was sort of vintage Arnett Gardens when you saw them scoring so many goals. They have been a team that has been built on attractive, high-energy offensive footballs. So what we saw from Arnett Gardens last night, I think represents the traditional Arnett Gardens style that they score goals readily, and they are hard to stop. They may concede goals from time to time, but they are a prolific goal-scoring team. And the Shivani-Willis strike there, the free kick from outside the box, was one of the best I've seen so far this season. Willis had played previously for Boys Town and Portmar, had a stint in the USL Championship in the USA playing for Bethlehem and Union Omaha, but he's back playing domestically once again, and I think those were the first two goals he has scored for the season. And I think these strikes, well, the head are first, and then that strike just represented how much quality he has, and he had displayed that from his school days at Jamaica College with his long-range shooting and so on. And I remember him scoring some long-range strikes for Boys Town as well. So this Arnett Gardens roster looks pretty strong. They have goal-scoring quality from all over the park, and I think the coach was understandably very thrilled with the performance of his team last night. I know Humble Land may not be the best at the moment in quality and form, but if you score five goals on a night in the Jamaica Premier League, regardless of what the opposition is, you're going to make your coach happy. Yeah, and you know, after the win against Leimhol Academy, I think it was last week, Xavier Gilbert was a bit disappointed because despite getting the win, of course he said that he expected a bit more from the team moving forward. He singled out especially in the attacking third. So based on what he saw them do this match yesterday, of course he would feel happy because it's as if you speak to your team, you give them instructions, and you get that in the next week. So I think a lot for him to be happy about. Of course, and the fact is the jostling for the top two spots because when you get to the top two spots in the regular season, you're guaranteed a semi-final spot, so you don't have to play the preliminary part of the playoffs. And right now there are three teams on 45 points, Cavalier, Arnett Gardens and Portmore joined second on 45 points. But because of goal difference, Portmore second, Arnett are third and Cavalier are in fourth spot. And of course there are four points off the leaders, Mount Pleasant. So all of those three teams, Portmore, Arnett and Cavalier can be eyeing a top two spot. And there's a lot to play for as far as that is concerned, but really, really satisfying performance by Arnett Gardens on the ninth. Troubling for Humberland because they changed their coaches during the season, Linville with Sunow on the post-match interview suggesting that there were aspects about the performance that he felt were encouraging, even though they lost so badly. So we'll see what happens for them toward the back end of the season. But the earlier match that saw Portmore defeating Cavalier by one goal to nil was also a good result for Portmore. Portmore have been the most successful team in the history of the Jamaica Premier League with seven titles. And I think when you look at Cavalier's stuttering form at the moment, it emphasises how much Cavalier have been the most consistent team in Premier League football for several years now because I was checking. This is the first time in over two years that Cavalier were losing back-to-back games because they don't lose back-to-back games generally. And this is the first time since 2019 that they have gone four games without a win. So while Portmore will be happy with the win here, I think the fact that it was only a one-nil result via penalty as well, I know Coach Speed is disappointed that his team lost and you heard him referencing that he didn't think that the referees have been kind to Cavalier in recent results. But I don't think Cavalier should be too despondent. They have a stutter in their current form but their consistency over time is well documented and there isn't any team in the top flight in Jamaica football at the moment that can boast the kind of consistency that Cavalier can boast. And as I said, there's no team apart from Cavalier that can boast the fact that they have not suffered back-to-back losses in so many seasons because the last time it happened was back in January 2022 and I think the losses they had were against Portmore and it could have been more unpleasant but they were two solid teams and they didn't have any back-to-back losses in the 2021 season either, which was a shortened season played up at the Horace Borough Centre because it was the return from the COVID-19 pandemic or the return of football from the COVID-19 pandemic. So I understand Rudolf Speed's disappointment but I think Cavalier's steadiness and their consistently strong performances would suggest to me that they will come out of this little stutter. We won't even say a slump but we'll have to say it. By their standards it's a slump, yeah that's what I'm saying, by their standards it's a slump but you know losing two matches back-to-back and then four games without a win is unlike Cavalier but this is football so we'll see what happens but I don't think they are far off. And that's contrasting to Portmore because they have stretched now their unbeaten streak to 16 matches so you know you're talking about two teams that are having opposite fates at the point in time. Yeah Portmore has always been a solid organisation and they haven't won a Premier League title I think since 2018 and they have gone through a period of rebuilding because they lose players a lot. Portmore thrives on selling players to overseas clubs and so on so one of the things about Portmore is that year after year their squad looks different because there are new players in and they lose players and so on but this current team is pretty solid and given their steadiness and the quality of their roster I wouldn't put it past Portmore to win their eighth Premier League title which has never been achieved in the history of domestic football in Jamaica. Well we don't see but in the meantime Lance let's take a look at Wednesday's fixtures what do we have coming up for us. Alright so we have Dunbar Holden versus Montego Bay United, Limehall against Harbourview, Mullines United will be seeing Tivoli Gardens, Treasure Beach Playwaterhouse and they're united versus Mount Pleasant. So Lance which is the most mouthwatering of the few tomorrow. Well Montego Bay, Dunbar Holden for sure because they are two of the three teams that are battling so hard for the sixth and final playoff spot so the Dunbar Holden Montego Bay fixture is a serious fixture. The Waterhouse match is also important because Waterhouse, Dunbar Holden and Montego Bay United are the three teams that are eyeing that sixth and final playoff spot and a lot hinges on on these results now going towards the the end of the regular season. Yeah so important especially as we showed our viewers a short while ago that's second third fourth spot it's as if you really can't tell what's going to happen at the end of the season because it's anybody's one for they The fact is the top five look you know reasonably safe at the moment and it's that sixth place playoff that is that is really up for grabs and we'll see because you'll see it there that Tivoli Gardens have 42 points and they are eight clear of sixth place Dunbar Holden and then the gap between Dunbar Holden Waterhouse and Montego Bay United is just it's just three points so that is where the real battle is of course there's a battle at the top as well to see who will finish top two because as I said earlier on Cavalier Arnett and Portmore are the teams buying in the second position at the moment not that Mount Pleasant the leaders are completely safe but they have a four point cushion so you've got to hand them that and make them favorites to make a top two spot. Yeah and Sportsbacks will have coverage of the Malines United versus Tivoli Gardens fixture that's of course tomorrow at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex and we encourage you to tune in and of course keep it locked to Sportsmax. We're going to take a quick break we'll be right back.