De­fence Force will be con­fi­dent of pick­ing up a fifth straight win to start the 2019/2020 T&T Pro League cam­paign when they come up against strug­gling San Juan Jabloteh in the first match of the dou­ble-head­er at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Mu­cu­rapo from 6 pm on Tues­day.

The 'Teteron Team' which last won the Pro League in the 2012/2013 sea­son, is com­ing off a hard-fought 1-0 vic­to­ry over de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons W Con­nec­tion at the same venue on Fri­day for its fourth straight vic­to­ry to be­gin the sea­son un­der first-year coach Lloyd 'Sir Naulty' An­drews.

Speak­ing ahead of the match, An­drews said he was de­light­ed with the start his team has made, but they haven't won any­thing as yet.

He said, "Any coach of a team will be very hap­py with the start of win­ning their first four match­es in any com­pe­ti­tion, but for me, the jour­ney has now start­ed be­cause there is a long way to go in the ti­tle race."

"Our tar­get is to win the Pro League so we just have to con­tin­ue com­ing to train­ing with the right at­ti­tude and mind­set and take that same pos­i­tive ap­proach in­to our match­es.

Mean­while, Jabloteh will be des­per­ate to get back on track af­ter a 6-0 maul­ing from Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers on Fri­day, to record its first win in five match­es.

How­ev­er, An­drews said his team will not be tak­ing them for grant­ed.

"We can­not think of the out­come of their last match. Tues­day will be a dif­fer­ent day and things change with re­gards to play­ers mind­set and ap­proach and with us be­ing at the top I ex­pect them to be up for the chal­lenge as well, so we will be fo­cused and ready as well be­cause we in­tend to go for the three points, " end­ed An­drews.

Two hours lat­er in the sec­ond match at Mu­cu­rapo, Po­lice FC, win­ners of the First Cit­i­zens Cup last month, and sec­ond on the ta­ble with ten points will be keen to main­tain their im­pres­sive form when they tack­le free-scor­ing La Hor­quet­ta Rangers.

At the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va, third-placed Mor­vant Cale­do­nia with nine points will meet Cen­tral FC in the fea­ture match from 8 pm.

The 'Stal­lions' as Mor­vant Cale­do­nia AIA out­fit are called came in­to the New Year as joint ta­ble lead­ers with Club San­do, but have now gone win­less in their last two match­es while Cen­tral FC edged Club San­do, 2-1 for a first win on the sea­son.

In the open­er at Cou­va from 6 pm, coach An­gus Eve and Club San­do will aim to get back on track and end their four-match win­less run when they come up against Pt Fortin Civic, one of two clubs yet to win this sea­son

And in the lone match at the Diego Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex, Diego Mar­tin, AC Port-of-Spain and Cunu­pia FC clash from 7 pm.

TO­DAY'S MATCH­ES

Tiger Tanks Club San­do vs Pt Fortin Civic, 6 pm

Cen­tral FC vs Mor­vant Cale­do­nia AIA, 8 pm

Venue: Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va.

De­fence Force vs San Juan Jabloteh, 6 pm

Po­lice FC vs La Hor­quet­ta Rangers, 8 pm

Venue: Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Mu­cu­rapo

AC Port-of-Spain vs Cunu­pia FC, 7 pm

Venue: Dei­go Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex, Diego Mar­tin

Lat­est T&T Pro League stand­ings

Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*Pts

1. De­fence Force FC*4*4*0*0*7*3*12

2. Po­lice FC*5*3*1*1*8*4*10

3. Mor­vant Cale­do­nia*5*2*3*0*5*3*9

4. L.H Rangers*4*2*0*2*15*7*6

5. W Con­nec­tion*4*1*2*1*5*4*5

6. Cen­tral FC *5*1*2*2*5*6*5

7. Club San­do*5*1*2*2*4*5*5

8. AC Port-of-Spain*4*1*1*2*6*11*4

9. San Juan Jabloteh*5*1*1*3*1*8*4

10. Pt Fortin Civic*3*0*2*1*2*4*2

11. Cunu­pia FC*4*0*2*2*4*7*2

Lead­ing scor­ers

5 - Keion Wil­son (Po­lice FC)

4 - Keron Cum­mings (La Hor­quet­ta Rangers)

3 - Rashad Hy­a­centh (AC PoS), Shaq­keem Joseph (Club San­do)