Scorers, red cards
Balzan
Piccioni 7 (1 pen); Guerrero 4; Mifsud Triganza 2, Zarate 2; Micallef, Darmanin, Serrano.
Red cards: Cassar (vs Naxxar); Guobadia (vs Valletta); Brincat (vs Hibs); Arab (vs Qormi).
Birkirkara’s Ryan S cicluna drives forward against Naxxar Lion s at the Hibernians Stad ium. Photo: Matthew MirabelliBirkirkara
Liliu 11; Ledesma 7 (3 pens); Eliandro 2; Grech, Fenech, Camenzuli, Muscat, Agius, Scicluna, Bissi.
Floriana
Plut 8; Samb 4; Piciollo 3; Pisani, I. Galea, Farrugia, Bonnici, Conor Borg.
Hibernians
Edison 16; Jorginho 10; Failla 8 (1 pen); Cohen 3; Dias 2, Soares 2; Bezzina, Degabriele, Kristensen.
Own goal: A. Borg (vs Mosta).
Red cards: Soares (vs Qormi); Dias (vs Tarxien).
Qormi
Effiong 4 (1 pen); Micallef 3; Temile 2, Pisani 2; Chetcuti, Vella, Anderson.
Own goal: Serrano Valero (vs Balzan).
Red card: Mazzetti Latini (vs Balzan)
Mosta’s Rodriguez Ekani (left) wins this challenge for possession against Żebbuġ in a rain-hit match at the Victor Tedesco Stadium. Photo: Stephen GattMosta
Kaljevic 6 (1 pen); Bueno 3; Matteus 2, Micallef 2; A. Borg, Milovanovic.
Red cards: Grech (vs Floriana), Falzon (vs Pietà).
Naxxar Lions
Gilmar 5 (1 pen), Vella 4; Emenike 3; Falzon 2, Gueye 2 (2 pens), Edet.
Own goal: Mintoff (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Buhagiar (vs Floriana); Scicluna (vs Żebbuġ).
Pietà Hotspurs
Xavier 3; Micallef 2, Pisani 2 (1 pen), Frances 2; Attard, Gabriel, T. Agius.
Red cards: Xavier (vs Birkirkara), Tasic (vs Mosta).
Sliema Wanderers
Mangiacasale 3; Pisanu 2 (1 pen), Gnabouyou 2, Scerri 2; Bianciardi, Potezica, Mifsud, P. Xuereb.
Red cards: Beppe Muscat (vs Hibs); Gatt Baldacchino (vs Mosta); Scozzese (vs Naxxar).
Tarxien Rainbows
Alvaro 5; Wesley 3; Clebinho 2, T. Caruana 2; Hevia, Jorge.
Red cards: Wesley (vs Hibernians); Cini (vs Qormi).
Valletta skipper Ryan Fenech clears the ball during a Floriana attack. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiValletta
Elford-Alliyu 8 (1 pen); Nafti 5; Barry 4 (1 pen); Terra 3, Kooh Sohna 3; Fenech 2 (1 pen), Zahra 2, Bajada 2, Briffa 2, Montebello 2; Azzopardi.
Red card: Hugo Faria (vs Naxxar).
Żebbuġ Rangers
Britto 7; Monti 5 (4 pens); Mamic 3.
Red card: Paris (vs Valletta).
Next fixtures
Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Floriana vs Pietà Hotspurs. 16.00 Mosta vs Naxxar Lions.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Tarxien vs Żebbuġ. 16.15 Birkirkara vs Balzan.
Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Qormi vs Sliema. 16.00 Hibernians vs Valletta.
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Hibernians | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 40 |
| Valletta | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 28 |
| Birkirkara | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 27 |
| Mosta | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 20 |
| Balzan | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 18 |
| Qormi | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 17 |
| Floriana | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 17 |
| Sliema W. | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| Naxxar L. | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 |
| Tarxien R. | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 13 |
| Pietà H. | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 |
| Żebbuġ R. | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 6 |