Holding firm... Balzan captain Dylan Grima (left) defends possession during the 3-0 victory over Qormi. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Balzan
Effiong 16, Micallef 16; Vujacic 11; Pedrinho 4; Mensha 3, Souza 3 (1 pen), P. Fenech 3; Valero 2; Zarate, Grioli, Darmanin, Focsa, R. Fenech, Kaljevic.

Own goals: Tanti (vs Pembroke); Gatt Baldacchino (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Valero (vs Floriana); P. Fenech (vs Mosta); Pedrinho (vs Pembroke); Arab (vs Tarxien).

Birkirkara
Plut 9; Camenzuli 8; Miccoli 6 (3 pens); Smrekar 5; Temile 5 (1 pen), Liliu 4; Agius 3, Z. Muscat 3, Seydi 3; Fenech 2, Scicluna 2, Mazzetti 2, Mujanovic 2; Sciberras, Vukanac, Barraso, Zarate, Zammit, Bubalovic.

Own goal: Sidibe (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Mazzetti (vs Mosta); Zerafa (vs Floriana); Temile (vs Pembroke); Kopric (vs Pembroke).

Floriana
Fontanella 15 (6 pens); Villa 11 (2 pens); Piciollo 8; Juninho 4 (1 pen); Chiesa 3, S. Pisani 3, Scozzese 3; Bonnici 2; Marcelina, Monticelli.

Own goal: Edafe (vs St Andrew’s).
Red cards: Pepe (vs Hibs); Calleja Cremona (vs Tarxien, vs Hibs); Briffa (vs Valletta).

Fast and furious... Hibs’ Clayton Failla (right) powers clear of Tarxien’s Alex Alves during his side’s 1-0 derby win. Photo: Stephen Gatt

Hibernians
Gilmar 15 (1 pen); Jorge 12, Jorginho 12; Cohen 7, Kristensen 7, Degabriele 7; Failla 5 (4 pens), Agius 5; Lima 3; Edison 2; Denni, Pearson.

Own goals: Scozzese (vs Floriana); Caruana (vs Valletta); Scicluna (vs Naxxar).
Red cards: Lima (vs Floriana); Denni (vs Naxxar); Agius (vs Pembroke, Mosta); Borg (vs Tarxien); Diosdado (vs Qormi); Lima (vs Qormi).

Qormi
Leeflang 6 (2 pens); Nilsson 5; Vella 3; Ojuola 3; Micallef 2; Gauci, Cassar, Sidibe.

Red cards: Ojuola (vs Mosta); Sidibe (vs Hibs); Viggiani (vs Hibs); E. Vella (vs Birkirkara).

Mosta
Mensha 6; Murga 5; Fidelis 4; Zammit 3; Micallef 2, Gustavo 2, J. Brincat 2, Falzon 2, Ekani 2; Guobadia, Chukwide, Okonkwo, Farrugia, Borg, Gwar, Z. Brincat.

Own goal: Levnaic (vs Pembroke).
Red cards: Falzon (vs Balzan), Murga (vs Hibs); Okonkwo (vs Birkirkara); Farrugia (vs St Andrew’s).

Naxxar Lions
Toure 6 (1 pen); Falzon 3; Lattes 2, Cardozo 2, Bonnici 2; Sidoine, Debono, Rajovic, Scicluna, Cekaj, Vallecillo, Fenech, Hamutenya.

Own goals: Bezzina (vs Balzan); Sidibe (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Fenech (vs Tarxien); Buhagiar (vs Birkirkara, vs Floriana, vs Valletta); Pereira (vs Tarxien); Grech (vs St Andrew’s); Pecorella (vs Balzan).

Pembroke Athleta
Villalobos 13; Laudisi 6 (1 pen); Martz 5; O’Brien 4; Arab 3; Obiefule 2 (1 pen); L. Micallef, Bardsley, Togbah, Grech, M. Micallef.

Own goals: Bonnici (Floriana); Cumbo (vs St Andrew’s).
Red cards: Shereni (vs Mosta); Barbetti (vs Valletta, vs Naxxar).

Newcomer... Sliema’s Michele Sansone (no.16) launches an attack during the 1-0 win over Mosta. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Sliema Wanderers
Mifsud 8 (1 pen); Farrugia 5; Potezica 3, Muscat 3 (1 pen), Ledesma 3, Scerri 3, Denni 3; Friggieri 2, Kerlon 2 (1 pen); Pedrinho, Muir, Bianciardi, Hendry, Haruna, Bezzina, Priso.

Own goals: Farrugia (Mosta); Andreis (St Andrew’s); Berntsson (vs Qormi).
Red cards: Zammit (vs Tarxien); Pedrinho (vs Balzan); Aquilina (vs Floriana); Priso (vs Balzan).

St Andrew's
Farrugia 7 (5 pens); Nwoko 3, Desira Buttigieg 3; Johnson 2, De Nguidjol 2, Oseghale 2, Wisdom 2; Sehitaj, Beltre, Perez.

Red cards: Edafe (vs Pembroke); Johnson (vs Valletta).

Tarxien Rainbows
Montebello 11 (1 pen); Pedro 8 (1 pen), Azzopardi 8 (1 pen); Alves 5 (1 pen); Zerafa 4; T. Caruana 3, Nilsson 3; Baker 2, Danilo 2, Hevia 2; Omeruo, Bruno, Frances.

Lift-off... Birkirkara’s Mislav Andelkovic leaps as he attempts an overhead kick during the 3-1 win over St Andrew’s. Photo: Stephen Gatt

Own goal: Scerri (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Baker (vs Sliema, vs Hibs); Bruno (vs Pembroke); Hevia (vs Pembroke); Alves (vs Balzan); Prendes (vs Birkirkara).

Valletta
Falcone 14; Nafti 12; Priso 8 (4 pens); Jhonnattann 7; Calistus 5; Cremona 3, Mifsud 3, Borg 3; Briffa 2, Mifsud Triganza 2; Azzopardi, Pani, Suda, Romao, Cruz Gill, Ledesma (pen).

Own goal: Bruno (Tarxien).
Red cards: Romao (vs Naxxar Lions, vs Floriana); Falcone (vs Mosta); Azzopardi (vs Sliema).

Next fixtures

Saturday
National Stadium: 16.00 Floriana vs Pembroke; 18.00 Hibs vs Balzan.
Tedesco Stadium: 16.00 Sliema vs St Andrew’s. 18.15 Tarxien vs Mosta.

Sunday
National Stadium: 16.00 Naxxar vs Qormi; 18.00 Valletta vs Birkirkara.