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).
Feet up... Balzan’s Lydon Micallef (left) and Birkirkara’s Gareth Sciberras vie for possession.Birkirkara
Liliu 11; Ledesma 7 (3 pens); Eliandro 2; Grech, Fenech, Camenzuli, Muscat, Agius, Scicluna, Bissi.
Red card: Scicluna (vs Balzan).
Floriana
Plut 8; Samb 4; Piciollo 3; Bonnici 2; Pisani, I. Galea, Farrugia, Conor Borg.
Hibernians
Edison 16; Jorginho 12; Failla 8 (1 pen); Cohen 4; 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 3; Pisani 2; Chetcuti, Vella, Anderson.
Own goal: Serrano Valero (vs Balzan).
Red card: Mazzetti Latini (vs Balzan).
No holding back... Mosta players dive in to repel Daren Falzon’s shot during the derby defeat to Naxxar Lions. Photos: Paul Zammit CutajarMosta
Kaljevic 7 (1 pen); Bueno 3; Matteus 2, Micallef 2; A. Borg, Milovanovic.
Red cards: Grech (vs Floriana), Falzon (vs Pietà Hotspurs).
Naxxar Lions
Gilmar 6 (1 pen), Vella 4; Emenike 3, Gueye 3 (2 pens); Falzon 2, Edet.
Own goal: Mintoff (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Buhagiar (vs Floriana); Scicluna (vs Żebbuġ).
Pietà Hotspurs
Xavier 3, Pisani 3 (2 pens); Micallef 2, Frances 2; Attard, Gabriel, T. Agius.
Red cards: Xavier (vs Birkirkara), Tasic (vs Mosta).
Evasive action... Sliema’s Andrea Pisanu beats Qormi forward Ryan Micallef to the ball.Sliema Wanderers
Mangiacasale 3, Scerri 3; Pisanu 2 (1 pen), Gnabouyou 2; Bianciardi, Potezica, Mifsud, P. Xuereb, Djumo, Friggieri.
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 2; Jorge.
Red cards: Wesley (vs Hibernians); Cini (vs Qormi).
Valletta
Elford-Alliyu 9 (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 cards: Hugo Faria (vs Naxxar); Caruana, Fenech (both vs Hibs).
Żebbuġ Rangers
Britto 7; Monti 5 (4 pens); Mamic 4; Camilleri.
Red card: Paris (vs Valletta).
Next fixtures
Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Naxxar Lions vs Tarxien Rainbows; 16.00 Pietà Hotspurs vs Hibernians.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Żebbuġ vs Floriana; 16.15 Balzan vs Mosta.
Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Birkirkara vs Qormi. 16.00 Valletta vs Sliema W.
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Hibernians | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 43 |
| Valletta | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 11 | 28 |
| Birkirkara | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 28 |
| Mosta | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 20 |
| Sliema W. | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
| Balzan | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 19 |
| Floriana | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 18 |
| Naxxar L. | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 17 |
| Qormi | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 17 |
| Pietà H. | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
| Tarxien R. | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 13 |
| Żebbuġ R. | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 9 |