Lija Athletic 1
Vittoriosa Stars 2
Vittoriosa Handed Lija Athletic Their First Defeat Of The Season As The Cottonera Outfit Overcame The Second-Half Dismissal Of Samir Arab To Take All Points By The Odd Goal In Three.
The Opening Half Was Played At A Fast Past Pace With Both Teams Creating Goalscoring Opportunities.
However, It Was Lija Who Took The Lead On 24 Minutes When Erjon Beu Hit A Fine Volley That Gave Jean-Mathias Vella No Chance.
The Stars’S Response Arrived Three Minutes Later With A Gary Muir Free-Kick That Just Missed The Target.
Vittoriosa Stepped Up A Gear After The Interval And Marcelo Perreira’S Scissors Kick Flew Just Wide.
The Stars Continued To Press Forward And Managed To Draw Level When Pereira Outpaced Luke Bonnici Before Chipping The Ball Into The Net.
On 71 Minutes, The Stars Had Arab Sent Off For Stamping On Beppe Antignolo.
Despite This Setback, Vittoriosa Still Managed To Hit The Winner On 83 Minutes When Perreira Unleashed A Powerful Drive That Flew Into The Net.
Lija Rallied Forward In Search Of An Equaliser But It Was The Stars Who Almost Struck Again When Luke Vella Critien Was Clean Through But Shot Straight At Bonnici.
Lija Athletic: L. Bonnici, C. Giordemaina, T. Fleri Soler, M. Fleri Soler, D. Scerri, E. Beu, D. Vukovic (B. Fenech). R. Goncalves (E. Briffa), A. Scicluna (A. Sacco), B. Antignolo, A. Ige.
Vittoriosa S.: J.M. Vella, M. Barbara, S. Grech, M.Pereira (L. Gauci), A. Spiteri, G. Muir, R. Dos Santos, L. Micallef (J. Camilleri), S. Arab, M. Tabone, L. Vella Critien.
Referee: Karl Frendo Cumbo.
Man Of The Match: Marcelo Perreira (Vittoriosa Stars).
Gudja United 1
Żejtun Corinthians 1
Gudja United And Żejtun Corinthians Took A Point Each In An Interesting Encounter Which Was Marred By Two Late Sending Offs And Racism Chants By A Section Of The Corinthians Fans.
Żejtun Dominated Proceedings But Gudja Never Sat Back And With Ryan Sell In Fine Form They Were Always Dangerous In Their Forays.
Gudja Went Ahead Inside The Opening Two Minutes When Elton Bugeja Let Fly A Half Volley That Flew Into The Net.
Joey Falzon’S Side Tried To Re-Group And On 20 Minutes They Came Close To An Equaliser When An Adrian Carabott Header Was Tipped To A Corner By Matthew Xerxen.
Żejtun Threatened Again On 34 Minutes When Kenneth Abela Moved Past His Marker But Fired Over.
On The Restart, Gudja Should Have Made It 2-0 When Kirit Aleksandrov Came Face To Face With Ranier Farrugia But The Forward’S Shot Was Blocked By The Żejtun Keeper.
On 65 Minutes, Andre Farrugia Moved Past Two Defenders But Fired Wide.
A Minute Later, Żejtun Drew Level When Following A Melee Eldi Majtara Fired The Ball Into The Net.
Eight Minutes From Time Farrugia Was Shown A Straight Red Card After Upending The Goal-Bound Sell.
Two Minutes From Time, Sell Beat The Offside But Was Foiled In The Last Minute By Matthew Borg.
Seconds After The Final Whistle Żejtun Had Borg Sent Off For Dissent.
Gudja Utd: M. Xerxen, A. Abela, R. Buhagiar, F. Owusu, E. Vella, E. Bugeja, I. Kurtusic, R. Sell, K. Azzopardi (K. Bonello), G. Chircop (D. Bonnici), K. Aleksandrov.
Żejtun: R. Farrugia, E. Azzopardi, M. Borg, C. Magro, D. Zarb (W. Elzaredi), H. Chaib, A. Farrugia, A. Carabott, O. Majtara, K. Abela (D. Cuccardi).
Referee: Jude Amin Utulu.
Man Of The Match: Ryan Sell (Gudja).