Żejtun Corinthians 0
Marsaxlokk 0

Żejtun Corinthians and Marsaxlokk produced the first goalless result of the 2012/13 Division One season.

Żejtun saw more of the ball in the first half but Marsaxlokk improved after the interval and could have snatched the winner late on but missed two inviting opportunities. But in the end the final stalemate was a fair result.

Żejtun threatened first on 16 minutes when Wisam Elzaredi hit a low drive that was pushed away by Marsaxlokk goalkeeper Omar Borg. From the resulting corner, Zvezdan Vukovic headed inches wide.

Żejtun continued to show the better ideas and on 26 minutes Oldi Matjara saw his drive finish wide.

Three minutes later Elzaredi came close but fired over while on the half-hour mark Majtara sped into the area, rounded Borg but his effort was cleared off the line by Marsaxlokk defender Kenneth Scicluna.

On resumption Żejtun again saw more of the ball and on 52 minutes Elzaredi was denied by the alert Borg.

On the hour, Dylan Micallef failed to make contact with the ball from routine distance after an Andre Grabowski cross.

Two minutes later Warren Chircop’s volley from outside the area flew just over the crossbar.

Żejtun goalkeeper Ranier Farrugia kept the score level on 77 minutes when he somehow kept out Mark Brincat’s close range header from a Rupert Mangion corner-kick.

Three minutes later, Żejtun responded when Adrian Carabott’s drive finished off target.

Marsaxlokk could have won the game a minute from time when Grabowski was clean through but shot straight at Farrugia. Seconds later, Brincat incredibly fired over in front of a gaping goal.

Żejtun: R. Farrugia, C. Magro, M. Borg, E. Azzopardi, A. Farrugia, Z. Vukovic, D. Zarb, K. Zahra, O. Majtara, W. Elzaredi (B. Gockaj), A. Carabott.

Marsaxlokk: O. Borg, R. Mifsud, M. Brincat, K. Scicluna, M. Clarke, R. Mangion, G. Caruana, W. Chircop, D. Grech, A. Grabowski, D. Micallef.

Referee: Fyodor Zammit.

Man of the Match: Oldi Majtara (Żejtun Corinthians).


P W D L F A Pts
Pietà 2 2 0 0 10 2 6
St Andrews 2 2 0 0 7 4 6
Lija 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Marsaxlokk 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Żejtun 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Vittoriosa 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
Gudja 2 1 0 1 4 4 3
Naxxar 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Mqabba 2 0 1 1 4 5 1
Birżebbuġa 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
Gżira 2 0 0 2 3 7 0
Dingli 2 0 0 2 2 8 0

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