Leaders  Mount  Pleasant   yesterday  moved  to  the  brink  of  securing  a  semi-final  place  in  the  2024-2025  Wray  and  Nephew  Jamaica  Premier  League.

The  St  Ann  team  knocked  off  Chapelton  Maroons  2-nil   to   climb  to  81  points…………9  points    ahead  of  second  place  Mobay  United  who  have  three  games  remaining.

New  signee   from  Haiti  Angelo Exilus opened  the  scoring  for  Mount  Pleasant  on  61  minutes,  while  Raheem  Edwards   sealed  the  victory   in  the  73rd  minute   as  Mount  Pleasant  move  to  a  whopping  25  wins  for  the  season.

Meanwhile, promoted   Racing  United  missed  out   on  returning  to  the  playoff  group  when  they  went  down  3-nil  to  second  place  Mobay  United.

A  brace  from Owayne  Gordon  paved  the   way  for  Mobays  win,  while  Peter  Lee  Vassell  was  also  on  the  scoresheet  for  Mobay  United.

On  Sunday  Arnett Gardens suffered a setback to their push for an automatic semifinal berth, as they were beaten 2-1 by Portmore United at Ferdie Neita Park .

In other games Waterhouse  defeated Humble Lion one-nil, to maintain their grip on the final playoff spot ahead of Tivoli Gardens who are a point behind in 7th  after they  came from behind to notch a 2-1 win  over  Vere  United  who  are  on  the  brink  of  becoming  the  first  team  to  be  relegated  this  season.

Elsewhere, defending champions Cavalier played  to  a  2-all  draw  with  Harbour  View, while relegation threatned team Molynes United beat Dunbeholden one nil.