Scorers, red cards
Balzan
Piccioni 9 (2 pens); Mifsud Triganza 5; Guerrero 4; Zarate 3; Darmanin 2; Micallef, Serrano, Bezzina, Guobadia.
Red cards: Cassar (vs Naxxar); Guobadia (vs Valletta); Brincat (vs Hibs); Arab (vs Qormi); Guerrero (vs Mosta).
Birkirkara
Liliu 12; Ledesma 9 (3 pens); Haruna 5; Eliandro 2, Fenech 2; Grech, Camenzuli, Muscat, Agius, Scicluna, Bissi.
Red cards: Scicluna (vs Balzan), Bissi (vs Tarxien Rainbows).
Shouting match... Floriana’s Giovanni Galea (no.19) confronts Balzan defender Samir Arab during Sunday’s game. Balzan beat the Greens 3-2 to consolidate fourth sport. Photo: Chris Sant FournierFloriana
Plut 9; Samb 6; Piciollo 5; Bonnici 3; Pisani 2; I. Galea, Farrugia, Conor Borg, Muir (pen), Douglas (pen), G. Galea.
Red cards: Samb (vs Żebbuġ Rangers, vs Balzan).
Hibernians
Edison 20; Jorginho 13; Failla 10 (1 pen); Cohen 5; Soares 3; Dias 2; Bezzina, Degabriele, Kristensen, Pearson.
Own goal: A. Borg (vs Mosta).
Red cards: Soares (vs Qormi); Dias (vs Tarxien).
Qormi
Effiong 4 (1 pen), Temile 4; Micallef 3; Pisani 2; Chetcuti, Vella, Anderson, Levnaic, Mazzetti Latini.
Own goal: Serrano Valero (vs Balzan).
Red card: Mazzetti Latini (vs Balzan).
Mosta
Kaljevic 7 (1 pen); Bueno 3; Matteus 2, Micallef 2; A. Borg, Milovanovic, Jovanovic, Zammit, Diogo, Ekani.
Red cards: Grech (vs Floriana), Falzon (vs Pietà); Kaljevic (vs Balzan); Pedrinho (vs Balzan).
Naxxar Lions
Gilmar 6 (1 pen); Vella 4, Emenike 4; Gueye 3 (2 pens); Falzon 2; Edet.
Own goal: Mintoff (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Buhagiar (vs Floriana); Scicluna (vs Żebbuġ), Azzopardi (vs Floriana).
Pietà Hotspurs
Xavier 3, Pisani 3 (2 pens), Micallef 3; Frances 2; Attard, Gabriel, T. Agius.
Red cards: Xavier (vs Birkirkara), Tasic (vs Mosta).
Going down... Sliema forward Aidan Friggieri (left) tumbles to the ground after being challenged by Matthew Gauci, of Żebbuġ Rangers. Żebbuġ won 2-1. Right: Move aside... Valletta’s Ian Azzopardi (right) keeps Pietà’s Dylon Agius at arm’s length. Valletta won 3-0. Photos: Matthew MirabelliSliema Wanderers
Mangiacasale 3, Scerri 3, Pisanu 3 (1 pen); Gnabouyou 2, Bocar 2, Potezica 2; Bianciardi, Mifsud, P. Xuereb, Friggieri, Cilia.
Red cards: Beppe Muscat (vs Hibernians); Gatt Baldacchino (vs Mosta); Scozzese (vs Naxxar Lions, vs Żebbuġ Rangers).
Fist fight... Tarxien’s Luke Zahra (left) in a tussle for the ball with Ryan Scicluna. Birkirkara won 2-1. Photo: Matthew MirabelliTarxien Rainbows
Alvaro 5; Wesley 3; Clebinho 2, T. Caruana 2, Hevia 2, Aboulezz 2; Jorge.
Red cards: Wesley (vs Hibernians); Cini (vs Qormi).
Valletta
Barry 10 (2 pens); Elford-Alliyu 9 (1 pen); Nafti 5; Montebello 3, Terra 3, Kooh Sohna 3; Fenech 2 (1 pen), Zahra 2, Bajada 2, Briffa 2, Azzopardi 2; Cremona.
Red cards: Hugo Faria (vs Naxxar); J. Caruana (vs Hibs), Fenech (vs Hibs).
Żebbuġ Rangers
Britto 9; Monti 8 (5 pens); Mamic 4; Camilleri.
Red cards: Paris (vs Valletta), Zammit (vs Hibernians).
Next fixtures
Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Tarxien Rainbows vs Mosta. 16.00 Valletta vs Żebbuġ Rangers.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Sliema Wanderers vs Naxxar Lions. 16.15 Qormi vs Pietà Hotspurs.
Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Hibernians vs Balzan. 16.00 Floriana vs Birkirkara.
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Hibernians | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 52 |
| Valletta | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 37 |
| Birkirkara | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 37 |
| Balzan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 28 |
| Floriana | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 24 |
| Mosta | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 23 |
| Sliema W. | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
| Naxxar L. | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 17 |
| Qormi | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 17 |
| Tarxien R. | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 16 |
| Pietà H. | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 14 |
| Żebbuġ R. | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 12 |
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