Balzan
Effiong 14; Micallef 11; Vujacic 6; Mensha 3, Souza 3 (1 pen), Pedrinho 3; P. Fenech 2, Valero 2; Zarate, Grioli, Darmanin, Focsa, R. Fenech, Kaljevic.

Own goal: Tanti (vs Pembroke).
Red cards: Valero (vs Floriana); P. Fenech (vs Mosta); Pedrinho (vs Pembroke Athleta); Arab (vs Tarxien).

In control... Birkirkara’s Frank Temile holds off Tarxien’s Brandon Muscat. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

Birkirkara
Plut 8; Camenzuli 7; Miccoli 6 (3 pens); Liliu 4; Smrekar 3, Z. Muscat 3, Seydi 3, Temile 3; Fenech 2, Scicluna 2, Mujanovic 2, Agius 2; Sciberras, Vukanac, Mazzetti, Barraso.

Own goal: Sidibe (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Mazzetti (vs Mosta); Zerafa (vs Floriana); Temile (vs Pembroke); Kopric (vs Pembroke).

Floriana
Fontanella 12 (6 pens); Villa 8 (2 pens), Piciollo 8; Juninho 4 (1 pen); Bonnici 2, Scozzese 2, Chiesa 2, S. Pisani 2; Marcelina, Monticelli.

Own goal: Uzeh (vs St Andrew’s).
Red cards: Pepe (vs Hibs); Calleja Cremona (vs Tarxien).

Hibernians
Gilmar 13 (1 pen.); Jorge 12; Jorginho 11; Cohen 7, Degabriele 6; Failla 5 (4 pens), Kristensen 5, Agius 5; Edison 2; Denni, Pearson, Lima.

Own goals: Scozzese (vs Floriana); Caruana (vs Valletta); Scicluna (vs Naxxar).
Red cards: Lima (vs Floriana); Denni (vs Naxxar); Agius (vs Pembroke, Mosta); Borg (vs Tarxien); Diosdado (vs Qormi); Lima (vs Qormi).

Quick feet... Hibs striker Jurgen Degabriele (centre) bursts past Naxxar players Duane Bonnici (left) and Edu Vallecillo. Photo: Stephen Gatt

Qormi
Nilsson 5, Leeflang 5 (1 pen); Ojuola 3; Micallef 2, Vella 2; Gauci, Cassar, Sidibe.

Red cards: Ojuola (vs Mosta); Sidibe (vs Hibs); Viggiani (vs Hibs).

Mosta
Murga 5, Mensha 5; Fidelis 4; Zammit 3; Micallef 2, Gustavo 2, J. Brincat 2, Falzon 2, Ekani 2; Guobadia, Chukwide, Okonkwo, Farrugia, Borg, Gwar.

Own goal: Levnaic (vs Pembroke).
Red cards: Falzon (vs Balzan), Murga (vs Hibs); Okonkwo (vs Birkirkara); Farrugia (vs St Andrew’s).

Naxxar Lions
Toure 6 (1 pen); Falzon 3; Lattes 2, Cardozo 2, Bonnici 2; Sidoine, Debono, Rajovic, Scicluna, Cekaj.

Own goals: Bezzina (vs Balzan); Sidibe (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Fenech (vs Tarxien); Buhagiar (vs Birkirkara, vs Floriana, vs Valletta); Pereira (vs Tarxien); Grech (vs St Andrew’s).

Pembroke Athleta
Villalobos 11; Laudisi 6 (1 pen.); Martz 5; O’Brien 4; Arab 3; Obiefule 2 (1 pen.); L. Micallef, Bardsley, Togbah, Grech, M. Micallef.

Own goals: Bonnici (Floriana); Cumbo (vs St Andrew’s).
Red cards: Shereni (vs Mosta); Barbetti (vs Valletta).

Pulling the stops... Valletta’s Umeh Calistus applies pressure on Sliema’s Aidan Friggieri (left). Photo: Stephen Gatt

Sliema Wanderers
Mifsud 8 (1 pen); Potezica 3, Muscat 3 (1 pen), Ledesma 3, Scerri 3; Friggieri 2, Kerlon 2 (1 pen); Pedrinho, Muir, Bianciardi, Hendry, Farrugia, Haruna, Bezzina, Denni.

Own goals: Farrugia (Mosta); Andreis (St Andrew’s); Berntsson (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Zammit (vs Tarxien Rainbows); Pedrinho (vs Balzan); Aquilina (vs Floriana).

St Andrew's
Farrugia 5 (3 pens); Nwoko 3, Desira Buttigieg 3; De Nguidjol 2, Oseghale 2; Sehitaj, Johnson, Wisdom, Beltre, Perez.

Red cards: Edafe (vs Pembroke); Johnson (vs Valletta).

Tarxien Rainbows
Pedro 8 (1 pen), Montebello 7 (1 pen), Azzopardi 7 (1 pen); Alves 5 (1 pen); Nilsson 3; Baker 2, T. Caruana 2, Zerafa 2, Danilo 2, Hevia 2; Omeruo, Bruno.

Own goal: Scerri (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Baker (vs Sliema); Bruno (vs Pembroke Athleta); Hevia (vs Pembroke Athleta); Alves (vs Balzan); Prendes (vs Birkirkara).

Valletta
Falcone 13; Nafti 10; Priso 8 (4 pens); Jhonnattann 5, Calistus 5; Cremona 3, Mifsud 3; Borg 2, Briffa 2, Mifsud Triganza 2; Azzopardi, Pani, Suda, Romao, Cruz Gill, Ledesma (pen.).

Own goal: Bruno (Tarxien).
Red cards: Romao (vs Naxxar Lions); Falcone (vs Mosta); Azzopardi (vs Sliema Wanderers).

Next fixtures

Playing on Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Floriana vs St Andrew’s; 16.00 Birkirkara vs Sliema.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Balzan vs Naxxar Lions; 16.15 Tarxien vs Qormi.

Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Hibs vs Mosta; 16.00 Valletta vs Pembroke.