Eight points sep­a­rate the sev­en teams at the bot­tom of the 17-team stand­ings as rel­e­ga­tion looms.

​With four rounds of match­es re­main­ing, in­clud­ing Sat­ur­day’s fix­tures, to con­clude the Sports Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (SporTT) Boys Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion of the Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League (SS­FL), it promis­es to be a mad scram­ble to avoid de­mo­tion.

​In the bot­tom half of the stand­ings, 10th-placed St An­tho­ny’s Col­lege (15 points) can vir­tu­al­ly clear them­selves of dan­ger when they take on 11th-placed Mal­ick Sec­ondary at the St Mary’s Col­lege Ground on Ser­pen­tine Road, St Clair. The Tigers are com­ing off a con­fi­dence-boost­ing 3-0 vic­to­ry over St Au­gus­tine Sec­ondary and will be ea­ger to keep that mo­men­tum go­ing this af­ter­noon. Vic­to­ry will push them to 18 points, while Mal­ick will be equal­ly anx­ious to se­cure a win and pull away from the rel­e­ga­tion zone.

​The bot­tom four teams will be rel­e­gat­ed to the Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion, while the top three teams from the Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion’s Big 5 Play­off will earn pro­mo­tion to the Pre­mier­ship for next sea­son. As it stands, 14th-placed Mu­cu­rapo West (8 points), 15th-placed St Au­gus­tine (8 points), 16th-placed Trin­i­ty Col­lege Mo­ka (8 points), and 17th-placed Trin­i­ty Col­lege East (5 points) are des­tined for rel­e­ga­tion un­less they can pro­duce a mirac­u­lous turn­around in their re­main­ing match­es.

​Mu­cu­rapo West, in their re­turn sea­son to the top flight, host Na­pari­ma Col­lege to­day, while St Au­gus­tine Sec­ondary, the 'Green Ma­chine', trav­els to the Hon­ey­moon Ground, Tu­na­puna, to face Hillview Col­lege. Else­where, Trin­i­ty Col­lege Mo­ka host Fa­ti­ma Col­lege at home, while Trin­i­ty Col­lege East take on St Bene­dict’s Col­lege at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um in Bal­main, Cou­va.

​Al­so fight­ing to avoid de­mo­tion are 12th-placed Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege (QRC), who host Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do on 12 points. Coach Ken­wyne Jones’ side has been in­con­sis­tent this sea­son, a strug­gle un­der­scored by their record of 12 points from 12 match­es. How­ev­er, QRC will need to find an­oth­er gear against the South­ern­ers if they are to get at least a point from the con­test.

San Juan North Sec­ondary will al­so need some­thing spe­cial when they host Ari­ma North Sec­ondary at home.

Sat­ur­day's match­es (Start time 3.40 pm)

Hillview vs St Au­gus­tine, Hillview Ground

Mal­ick vs St An­tho­ny’s, CIC Ground

Mu­cu­rapo West vs Na­pari­ma, Mu­cu­rapo West Sec­ondary

QRC vs Pre­sen­ta­tion, QRC

San Juan North vs Ari­ma North, San Juan Sec

St Bene­dict’s Col­lege vs Trin­i­ty East, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um

Trin­i­ty Mo­ka vs Fa­ti­ma, Trin­i­ty Col­lege Ground

Lat­est SS­FL Stand­ings

Pos*Teams*P*W*D*L*GF*GA*GD*Pts

1. St Mary’s*13*10*3*0*32*8*24*33

2. Sig­nal Hill*13*10*1*2*31*12*19*31

3. Na­pari­ma*12*9*1*2*36*10*26*28

4. St Bene­dict’s*14*7*4*3*29*13*16*25

5. Fa­ti­ma*12*7*4*1*36*16*20*25

6. Pre­sen­ta­tion*12*7*3*2*26*12*14*24

7. Hillview*12*6*2*4*36*22*14*20

8. Ari­ma North*12*6*0*6*26*26*0*18

9. Spey­side*13*5*1*7*19*35*-16*16

10. St An­tho­ny’s*12*4*3*5*21*23*-2*15

11. Mal­ick*12*4*1*7*28*31*-3*13

12. QRC*12*3*3*6*13*18*-5*12

13. San Juan North*12*3*0*9*15*28*-13*9

14. Mu­cu­rapo West*13*2*2*9*14*33*-19*8

15. St Au­gus­tine*12*2*2*8*17*39*-22*8

16. Trin­i­ty Mo­ka*12*2*2*8*21*44*-23*8

17. Trin­i­ty East*13*1*2*10*14*46*-32*5