Instructor... Floriana coach Giovanni Tedesco guides his team from the touchline. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Balzan: Armario Negrin 11 (1 pen); Micallef 7; Darmanin 4; Bezzina 2, Scicluna 2, Spiteri 2; Agius, Aboulezz, Pereira, Sciberras, Grima, Pedrinho.
Own goal: Pearson (vs Hibs).
Red cards: Agius (vs Vittoriosa), Vignaroli (vs Sliema, Birkirkara), Aboulezz (vs Mosta), Falzon (vs Naxxar), Grioli (vs Naxxar, vs Sliema).

Birkirkara: Jhonnattann 19; Shola 14 (1 pen); Temile 7 (1 pen), Fenech 7 (1 pen); Bissi 4; Mendoza 3, Herrera 3; Scicluna 2, Vella 2, J. Zerafa 2, Vukanac 2, Ronaille 2, Camenzuli 2; Toure, D. Zerafa.
Own goal: Camilleri (vs Valletta).
Red cards: Bissi (vs Hibs), Zerafa (vs Balzan).

Floriana: Coronado 13; Muir 10 (6 pens); Diogo 9; Pisani 3; Bogdanovic 2, Emeka 2; Casha, Edet, Farrugia, Caruana.
Own goals: Doffo (vs Naxxar); Bonnici (vs Tarxien); Pisani (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Edet (vs Rabat Ajax, vs Qormi).

Hibernians: Edison 20 (1 pen); Obiefule 15; Failla 13 (6 pens); Lima 7; Farrugia 6, Cohen 6; Soares 3; Levnaic, Kristensen, B. Muscat, Degabriele, Pearson.
Red cards: Pearson (vs Vittoriosa, vs Naxxar Lions), Camilleri (vs Mosta); Levnaic (vs Valletta); Failla (vs Sliema); Kristensen (vs Sliema); Bezzina (vs Naxxar Lions).

Mosta: Piccioni 12 (2 pens); Kaljevic 11 (3 pens); Fernandes 6 (2 pens); Micallef 5; Pereira 4; Messias 3; Martins 2, R. Grech 2, T. Farrugia 2; Brincat, Silva Faria, Duriska, Zammit, I. Grech.
Own goals: S. Gauci (vs Rabat), Bugeja (vs Qormi), Camilleri (vs Vittoriosa).
Red cards: Ekani (vs Tarxien); Grech (vs Birkirkara); Piccioni (vs Floriana), Farrugia (vs Sliema).

Naxxar: Scerri 8; Gilmar 6 (1 pen); Rocha Da Silva 5 (1 pen); Buhagiar 4; Thiago 3, Falzon 3; Bellia 2 (1 pen); Ani, Bonnici, Evaldo, Debono, Reano (pen), Bakare.
Red cards: Drago (vs Sliema); Buhagiar (vs Tarxien), Del Negro (vs Vittoriosa); Gilmar (vs Mosta, vs Qormi), Decesare (vs Qormi).

Qormi: Effiong 18 (2 pens); Grech 6; Jorginho 6; Bajada 5 (4 pens); Gabriel 3; Innocenti 2; Sammut, Bugeja, Del Giudice, Nucera, Terribile, Cantoro, Vella, Caruana, Bondin.
Red cards: Bugeja (vs Floriana, Balzan), Farrugia (vs Floriana), Pisani (vs Sliema), Gianola (vs Floriana).

Rabat: Micallef 6 (2 pens); Licari 4, Carrillo 4; Pelaez 3 (2 pens); Avila Perez, Gauci, Azzopardi, Bajada.
Red cards: Falzon (vs Mosta); S. Gauci (vs Qormi); A. Azzopardi (vs Naxxar Lions); Velimirovic (vs Naxxar Lions); Z. Tanti (vs Naxxar), Bajada (vs Tarxien); Micallef (vs Floriana).

Sliema: Ohawuchi 19 (1 pen); Muchardi 7; Cilia 5; Woods 4 (2 pens); Navarra 3, Bello-Osagie 3 (2 pens), A. Muscat 3, Vladavic 3 (1 pen); Bianciardi 2; Gueye, Mintoff.
Red cards: Gatt Baldacchino (vs Tarxien, vs Hibernians, vs Balzan), Mintoff (vs Valletta), Scerri (vs Qormi), Rapino (vs Naxxar Lions), Vladavic (vs Mosta, vs Valletta).

Tarxien: Ronaille 10 (2 pens); Jorge 8; Toure 5 (1 pen); Pulo 4; Bueno 2, Mamo 2, Ciantar 2; Potezica, Martinelli, Bonnici, Barbosa, Lopez, Lucas.
Own goal: Sammut (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Potezica (vs Hibernians), Jorge (vs Sliema), Lopes (vs Rabat), Vella (vs Valletta, vs Qormi), Mifsud (vs Naxxar), Bonnici (vs Naxxar), Mamo (vs Vittoriosa), Caruana (vs Floriana), Lucas (vs Floriana).

Valletta: Denni 17; Nafti 10; Agius 6; Mifsud Triganza 5, Briffa 5, Fenech 5; Nyang 4, Caruana 4, Elford-Alliyu 4; Montebello 3;  Barry 2, Da Silva 2; Camilleri, Zammit, Romulo, Owonikoko.
Red cards: Agius (vs Mosta), Denni (vs Hibs), Vandelannoite (vs Balzan), Borg (vs Naxxar).

Vittoriosa Stars: Guerrero 15 (4 pens); Pereira 12; Martin 5; Teruel, Samir Arab, Aguiar, Sammut, Brincat, Sidibe.
Red cards: Aguiar (vs Tarxien, vs Qormi, vs Floriana), Sidibe (vs Qormi).

Space finder... Obinna Obiefule, of Hibs, tries to force his way through a posse of Balzan players. Photo: Jason Borg

Next fixtures

Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 4pm Naxxar Lions vs Floriana; 6pm Tarxien vs Rabat.
National Stadium: 4pm Vittoriosa Stars vs Qormi; 6pm Hibs vs Birkirkara.

Monday
National Stadium: 6pm Sliema vs Mosta; 8pm Valletta vs Balzan.

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