LIVINGSTON SCOTT, STAR Writer

High-flying Tivoli Gardens take on out-of-form Montego Bay United in a key battle for third place in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) tomorrow at Wespow Park at 3 p.m.

The west Kingston-based Tivoli got off to an indifferent start this season, failing to win consistently in the first round and a half.

However, since late December, the Alvin Shaw coached team have recorded five wins from eight games, including two wins over second-place and preseason favourites Waterhouse.

They look a certain semi-final bet if they maintain this form for the rest of the round.

Despite this, he is not taking his opponent lightly and expects a difficult encounter.

"Mobay is a quality team and they can turn up on any given day, so we won't take anything for granted," he told STAR Sports.

Mobay sits third on 40 points, two more than Tivoli, and one adrift of second-place Waterhouse.

However, their poor run started at the turn of the year when key players went away and returned late.

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Since then, they've tasted victory just once, beating Boys' Town 2-0 recently for their first win in seven games.

Coach Carlos Sanz says they are finding the scoring boots again and he expects them to start winning consistently and even climb further up the table.

"The only problem we had is that we were not scoring goals, but we changed our form on that because we got four goals in the last two matches. so the team is ready to continue its winning performance at home."

In other games, Humble Lion will start favourites against Rivoli at Effortville begining at 5 p.m.

Humble Lion lost for the first time in 12 matches when they were beaten by Boys' Town on Sunday, and although they have defeated Rivoli 1-0 twice this season, coach Donovan Duckie knows the Spanish Town team is one of the most intense in the league and always requires full attention.

Leaders Arnett Gardens are expected to end their two-match losing run when they take on bottom-of-the-table Barbican. Barbican ended their 10-match win streak.

Arnett lead the table with 48 points, while Barbican sits last with 21 points.

Eighth-place Cavalier (33) have put their winless second-round nightmare behind them and will go for their fourth straight victory against struggling Sporting Central (24) at Juci Park.

The game between Reno (21) and Boys' Town (26) can go either way. Both teams have been far from consistent, but Boys' Town have shown a greater ability to win games and will start favourites.