Scorers, red cards

Balzan
Piccioni 12 (2 pens); Mifsud Triganza 5; Guerrero 4; Darmanin 3, Zarate 3, Kaljevic 3; Micallef, Serrano, Bezzina, Guobadia.

Red cards: Cassar (vs Naxxar Lions); Guobadia (vs Valletta); Brincat (vs Hibernians); Arab (vs Qormi); Guerrero (vs Mosta); Serrano (vs Hibernians).

Balance... Sliema midfielder Andrea Pisanu (right) controls the ball ahead of Birkirkara’s Rafael Ledesma. Sliema scored a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw with the Stripes. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Birkirkara
Liliu 12; Ledesma 11 (3 pens); Haruna 5; Eliandro 2, Scicluna 2, Fenech 2; Grech, Camenzuli, Muscat, Agius, Bissi, Vukanac.

Red cards: Scicluna (vs Balzan), Bissi (vs Tarxien Rainbows), Mendoza (vs Hibernians).

Floriana
Plut 10; Piciollo 7; Samb 6; Bonnici 3; Douglas 2 (1 pen), Conor Borg 2, Pisani 2; I. Galea, Farrugia, Muir (pen), G. Galea.

Red cards: Samb (vs Żebbuġ Rangers, vs Balzan).

Hibernians
Edison 22; Jorginho 14; Failla 10 (1 pen); Cohen 6; Soares 3; Dias 2, Degabriele 2; Bezzina, Kristensen, Pearson, Agius.

Own goal: A. Borg (vs Mosta).
Red cards: Soares (vs Qormi, vs Mosta); Dias (vs Tarxien Rainbows).

Qormi
Effiong 5 (1 pen); Temile 4; Micallef 3; Pisani 2; Chetcuti, Vella, Anderson, Levnaic, Mazzetti Latini.

Own goal: Serrano Valero (vs Balzan).
Red card: Mazzetti Latini (vs Balzan).

Mosta
Kaljevic 7 (1 pen); Bueno 3, Matteus 3; Zammit 2, Micallef 2; A. Borg, Milovanovic, Jovanovic, Diogo, Ekani; Babangida.

Red cards: Grech (vs Floriana, vs Hibs), Falzon (vs Pietà); Kaljevic (vs Balzan); Pedrinho (vs Balzan).

Forward play... Floriana’s Matteo Piciollo (left) runs clear of Tarxien’s Manuel Caruana. The game ended 1-1. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Naxxar Lions
Gilmar 6 (1 pen); Vella 4, Emenike 4; Gueye 3 (2 pens); Falzon 2; Edet, Buhagiar.

Own goal: Mintoff (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Buhagiar (vs Floriana); Scicluna (vs Żebbuġ Rangers), Azzopardi (vs Floriana); Doffo (vs Sliema Wanderers), Bruce (vs Valletta).

Pietà Hotspurs
Micallef 4; Xavier 3, Pisani 3 (2 pens), Frances 3; Attard, Gabriel, T. Agius, Anonam.

Red cards: Xavier (vs Birkirkara), Tasic (vs Mosta).

Sliema Wanderers
Bocar 3, Mangiacasale 3, Scerri 3, Pisanu 3 (1 pen); Pedrinho 2, Gnabouyou 2, Potezica 2, Cilia 2; Bianciardi, Mifsud, P. Xuereb, Friggieri.

Red cards: Beppe Muscat (vs Hibernians); Gatt Baldacchino (vs Mosta); Scozzese (vs Naxxar Lions, vs Żebbuġ Rangers).

Tarxien Rainbows
Alvaro 5; Wesley 3, Hevia 3; Clebinho 2, T. Caruana 2, Aboulezz 2; Jorge, Edu, Tabone, Darlington.

Red cards: Wesley (vs Hibernians); Cini (vs Qormi); Hevia (vs Qormi).

Human shield... Żebbuġ forward Rashid Yussuff holds off Qormi winger Frank Temile. The Rangers won 1-0. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Valletta
Elford-Alliyu 12 (1 pen); Barry 10 (2 pens); Nafti 6; Montebello 3, Terra 3, Kooh Sohna 3, Fenech 3 (1 pen); Zahra 2, Bajada 2, Briffa 2, Azzopardi 2; Cremona, Leeflang.

Red cards: Hugo Faria (vs Naxxar); J. Caruana (vs Hibs), Fenech (vs Hibs).

Żebbuġ Rangers
Britto 9; Monti 8 (5 pens); Mamic 4; Camilleri, Yussuff, Muchardi, Galea.

Red cards: Paris (vs Valletta), Zammit (vs Hibernians).

Next fixtures

Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Mosta vs Sliema Wanderers; 16.00 Tarxien Rainbows vs Hibernians.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Naxxar Lions vs Żebbuġ Rangers; 16.15 Balzan vs Pietà Hotspurs.

Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Floriana vs Qormi; 16.00 Birkirkara vs Valletta.

Standings