Birkirkara’s Ryan Scicluna (left) trying to wade off the challenge from Tarxien captain Manuel Caruana. Photo: Jason Borg

Balzan
Piccioni 13 (2 pens); Kaljevic 9 (2 pens); Mifsud Triganza 5, Guerrero 5; Darmanin 3, Zarate 3, Micallef 3; Serrano, Bezzina, Guobadia, Arab, Grima.

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

Birkirkara
Ledesma 13 (3 pens); Liliu 12; Haruna 7; Camenzuli 4; Vukanac 3; Eliandro 2, Scicluna 2, Fenech 2, Z. Muscat 2; Grech, Agius, Bissi, Herrera, Maachi, Mazzetti.

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

Floriana
Piciollo 12; Plut 11; Samb 7; Conor Borg 3, Bonnici 3; Muir 2 (2 pens), Douglas 2 (1 pen), Pisani 2; I. Galea, Farrugia, G. Galea, Briffa.

Own goals: K. Micallef (vs Pietà); Acevedo (vs Tarxien).
Red cards: Samb (vs Żebbuġ Rangers, vs Balzan); S. Borg (vs Pietà Hotspurs).

Andrei Agius, of Hibs, jumps high to intercept a Mosta cross. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Hibernians
Edison 25; Jorginho 20; Failla 13 (2 pens); Cohen 8; Soares 4; Degabriele 3, Agius 3; Farrugia 2, Dias 2; De Milo Lima, Bezzina, Kristensen, Pearson, Luis, Lima.

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

Qormi
Effiong 7 (3 pens); Temile 4; Micallef 3; Pisani 2, Nilsson 2; Chetcuti, Vella, Anderson, Levnaic, Mazzetti, Mar-celinho, Gauci, Grech.

Own goals: Valero (vs Balzan); Koli (vs Mosta).
Red card: Mazzetti (vs Balzan).

Valletta’s Llywelyn Cremona (centre) jumps to avoid the tackle from Andrew Scicluna, of Naxxar Lions, during Monday’s match at the National Stadium. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

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

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

Naxxar Lions
Gilmar 10 (3 pens); Vella 5 (1 pen); Jorge 4, Emenike 4; Gueye 3 (2 pens); Falzon 2; Edet, Buhagiar, Del Negro, Toure.

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

Pietà Hotspurs
Frances 5; Pisani 4 (2 pens), Micallef 4; Xavier 3; Fortunato 2; Attard, Gabriel, T. Agius, Anonam, Grech.

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

Sliema Wanderers
Bocar 6, Scerri 6; Pisanu 4 (1 pen); Cilia 3, Pedrinho 3, Mangiacasale 3; Friggieri 2, Gnabouyou 2, Potezica 2; Bianciardi, Mifsud, P. Xuereb, Obag-bemiro, A. Muscat.

Red cards: Beppe Muscat (vs Hibs); Gatt Baldacchino (vs Mosta); Scoz-zese (vs Naxxar, vs Żebbuġ); Potezica (vs Birkirkara).

Felipe Douglas, of Floriana, finds his way blocked by Żebbuġ’s Miguel Ciantar (right). Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Tarxien Rainbows
Alvaro 5; Caruana 3 (1 pen), Aboulezz 3, Wesley 3, Hevia 3; Soly 2, Edu 2, Clebinho 2; Jorge, Tabone, Darlington.

Own goal: Grioli (vs Balzan).
Red cards: Wesley (vs Hibs); Cini (vs Qormi); Hevia (vs Qormi); Mouhamed (vs Floriana); Acevedo (vs Hibs).

Valletta
Elford-Alliyu 12 (1 pen); Barry 11 (2 pens), Nafti 11; Briffa 5; Fenech 4 (1 pen); Cremona 3, Azzopardi 3, Montebello 3, Terra 3, Kooh Sohna 3; Zahra 2, Bajada 2; Leeflang, K. Borg, S. Borg, Ikenna.

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

Żebbuġ Rangers
Britto 9; Monti 9 (6 pens); Mamic 4; Yussuff 3; Camilleri 2, Muchardi 2; Galea, Montebello, Bartolo.

Own goal: Mintoff (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Paris (vs Valletta), Zammit (vs Hibs).

Next fixtures

Friday: (Hibs Stadium) 18.00 Pietà vs Mosta. 20.00 Birkirkara vs Qormi.
Sunday: (National Stadium) 16.00 Valletta vs Floriana. 18.00 Hibernians vs Sliema.
Monday: (Tedesco Stadium) 18.00 Balzan vs Żebbuġ. 20.15 Naxxar vs Tarxien Rainbows.

Standings