Ainsley Walters, Star Writer

BOYS' Town travel to wounded champions Portmore United tomorrow afternoon, hoping to pull off their second win over the Digicel Premier League leaders after stopping them 2-1 at Collie Smith Drive in the second round.

After watching his team outplay Waterhouse 2-0 last Sunday at Collie Smith Drive, Price said Boys' Town, seven points off the leaders in third place, still have a mathematical chance of catching Portmore.

With two games left in the third round and five to play in the decisive fourth round among the top six teams, Portmore remain out front on 63 with Harbour View, 59, followed by Boys' Town and Tivoli on 54 and 53, respectively.

Boys' Town and in-form Tivoli Gardens' cut the gap on leaders Portmore United and second-place Harbour View last Sunday as the leaders stumbled in defeat.

Boys' Town blanked sixth-place Waterhouse 2-0 at Collie Smith. George Vernal netted a beauty in the 14th minute after Garfield Gillespie rolled a pass to him at 14 yards, which he rifled past Richard McCallum with a one-time shot.

Wayne Ellis made it safe for Boys' Town in the 43rd, rising high at the back post to head in Michael Campbell's left-sided corner.

Portmore were taken out 2-0 by hot Tivoli Gardens at the Edward Seaga Stadium, conceding their first at the 15th minute off a quick midfield pass to speedy Navion Boyd, and their second an own-goal scored under pressure by Adrian Mitchell 13 minutes later.

tough at home

However, the champions will be tough at home where they edged Boys' Town 1-0 in the first round.

Price, however, believes his team can reverse the 1-0 first-round loss to the champions at Ferdie Neita Park.

"The thing is to accumulate as many points as we can," Price said last Sunday. "It's not out of reach to challenge for the title. Let's see if we can get a win streak going.

"Mathematically, we still have a chance and once there's a chance we have to give it a go. There's the top six after this round plus two more games this round. If we can get a streak, anything is possible," he added.

However, with only four losses from 31 games, Portmore will be tough in their backyard.

Meanwhile, Harbour View, who has logged back-to-back losses since Donovan Hayles took the reins from Waldemar De Oliveira, will have to watch their backs at Drewsland.

Waterhouse will be seeking to hang on to sixth place when they face second-place Harbour View at Drewsland.

Harbour View went down 1-0 at home against Sporting Central last week but the last time they ventured to Drewsland, in the first round, they won 3-0.

Fourth-place Tivoli travel to Sporting Central with a 7-1 goal ratio, in favour of, over their Clarendon rivals. The west Kingston men have been all the rage, reaching the Flow knockout final and beating Portmore last week.

fined

However, they have had their troubles with the Jamaica Football Federation, picking up a $100,000 fine and their captain suspended after the Harbour View brawl last week Wednesday.

Sporting Central moved further away from relegation to be on 34 points after Sunday's win over Harbour View and are not to be underestimated with their confidence sky high.

Arnett Gardens continue to make headway up the standings, displacing Waterhouse from fifth spot after a 2-1 win over St Georges at Lynch Park.

The Junglists are at home against Village in what could turn out to be a massacre, considering the last-place team's form.

St Georges, seventh and two points off sixth-place Waterhouse, are at home again and must be burning to pull off a win over Reno to get back into the top six.

Meadhaven, who got a last-minute goal from Keammar Daley for a 2-1 win at last-place Village on Sunday, are at home against Rivoli, who they have consistently had the measure of even during the Premier League play-offs, which both rose from to qualify for the Premiership this season.