Somerset Trojans and Devonshire Cougars will be aiming to relieve the threat of relegation with three valuable points in a rearranged Premier Division match at Somerset Cricket Club tonight.

Trojans, last season’s league champions, have just returned from Haiti where they represented Bermuda in the Caribbean Football Union Club Championships, losing both group matches.

And, while they are out of the running for a defence of their title, the Friendship Trophy champions still have plenty to play for as they are just five points above the relegation zone.

Trojans and Cougars are tied on 17 points and a win for either side would give them a little breathing space with just four matches remaining.

It is a crucial game for both teams, and Somerset face a stern test against a Cougars team that are unbeaten in the league in 2016, having won all four of their matches.

Somerset are also unbeaten in the league since the turn of the year, winning one and drawing three of their last four to remain above the drop zone.

Hamilton Parish, bottom of the table and still eight points from safety, will attempt to salvage something from their disappointing season tonight when they meet Robin Hood in an FA Cup quarter-final replay at Goose Gosling Field as both teams look to join Cougars, Town and PHC in the semi-finals of the competition.

Parish and Hood drew 2-2 in their first encounter at Wellington Oval, with the home team coming from 2-0 down to force the replay.

Parish also came from two goals down to snatch a draw against PHC on Sunday. Unfortunately, that did not help their survival hopes much after third-from-bottom Devonshire Colts gained some breathing room with a surprise win over Robin Hood, which put them four points ahead of Southampton Rangers and seven more than Parish.

The loss by Hood leaves Dandy Town a comfortable seven points ahead in the title race with four games remaining.

Now, they only have to match Hood’s results in the next two games to secure an eighth title. “I like the position we’re in with four games left,” said Jomar Wilkinson, the Town coach, after his team was denied all three points by a late Rangers equaliser on Sunday. Both of Town’s draws in the league have come against Rangers following a 3-3 deadlock earlier in the campaign at Southampton Oval.

Town play in-form Boulevard on Sunday at Police Field, while Robin Hood meet Cougars on Monday night at Devonshire Rec. A combination of a victory for Town and defeat for Hood would confirm Town as champions as they would be ten points ahead with three only matches remaining.

The relegation fight looks like being between the bottom three teams. Colts are away to PHC on Sunday, while Southampton Rangers travel to Bernard Park to meet North Village — they won there in the league last season when Khalil Symonds netted the winner — and three points are desperately needed if they are to climb out of the bottom two.

Rangers showed plenty of fight to snatch a point against Town last weekend, though they didn’t have coach Keith Jennings on the bench as he has been banned by the Bermuda Football Association who won’t confirm the suspension or the length of it. Lorenzo Boyles and Dawud Tucker handled the team on Sunday at St John’s Field.

At Wellington Oval, Hamilton Parish could officially be relegated if they lose to Somerset and Colts beat PHC. Parish, with only two wins, look a shadow of the team that finished fifth in the league last season and at one stage were pushing for the league.

The First Division promotion race tightened up last weekend with leaders Somerset Eagles losing and Flanagan’s Onions drawing with BAA. St David’s, who thrashed Paget 7-2 on Sunday, can close the gap even further when they travel to White Hill to meet Eagles who will be keen to get back to winning ways.

“I think it’s [promotion] still within reach, it’s just a matter of closing out the last three games,” said Marlon Rojas, the Eagles coach after the loss to Social Club.

“We basically have to reset and try and close off the next three games, which I think we can achieve. We play Flanagan’s Onions soon, so the decider is still to come.”

Onions, the new leaders, travel to Garrison Field to meet X-Roads while St George’s, fourth, host bottom team Ireland Rangers at Wellington Oval. In the other matches Young Men’s Social Club play Paget at PHC Field and Wolves meet BAA in Monday’s match at Devonshire Rec.