Għargħur 1
Fgura United 0
Żebbuġ’S March At The Top Of The Division Two Standings Continued Last Weekend After They Scored A Goal In Each Half To See Off Bottom-Placed Mġarr 2-0 And Stretch Their Lead At The Top To Seven Points.
San Ġwann Failed To Keep The Pace With The Leaders As On Monday They Threw Away A 3-0 Lead And Let Żurrieq Steal A Point With Three Second-Half Goals.
Msida Are Now Just One Point Behind San Ġwann Following A 2-0 Win Over Kirkop While St George’S Follow A Further Point Behind CourTesy Of A 1-0 Win Over Pembroke.
St Patrick Leapfrogged Fgura, Siġġiewi And Żurrieq Into Fifth Place After Edging A Five-Goal Thriller Against Lowly Sta Venera.
Fgura’S Promotion Ambitions Suffered A Blow After They Were Surprised By Għargħur 1-0.
For Għargħur This Was Their First Win After Five Successive Defeats While On The Other Hand Fgura Have Only Two Points To Show From Their Last Five Matches.
Għargħur Were Soon On The Offensive And After Eight Minutes Busuttil Served Micallef Who Saw His Shot Finishing Inches Wide.
Gradually, Fgura Got More Into The Picture And A Zerafa Shot Skimmed Francica’S Goal-Frame.
Eight Minutes From The Break, Fgura Were Awarded A Free-Kick And Darmanin’S Shot Flew Just Over.
But, Għargħur Gained The Initiative After The Break And On 64 Minutes They Took The Lead When Mark Gauci Chipped The Ball Over Fgura Goalkeeper Bartolo.
Fgura Tried Hard To Save The Match. Four Minutes From Time, Darmanin’S Effort Was Cleared Off The Line By Defender Fedele.
At The Other End, Todorov Almost Doubled His Team’S Lead But Spiteri Was On The Right Spot To Clear The Għargħur Substitute’S Chip That Had Beaten The Goalkeeper.
Għargħur: C. Francica, K. Fedele, N. Scerri, D. Camilleri, M. Gauci, M. Busuttil, D. Sammut, R. Logon (I. Todorov), V.C. Obidimalor, C. Ellul (G. Camilleri), D. Micallef (K. Galea).
Fgura: B. Bartolo, D. Sammut, N. Curmi, R. Adami, N. Zerafa, M. Spiteri, E. Cornago San Pedro, K. Darmanin, J. Dalli, L. Bonett, L. Vella (C. Camenzuli).
Referee: Martin Borg.
Summaries
Kirkop United 0
Msida St Joseph 2
Kirkop: J. Caruana, R. Galea, C. Farrugia, A. Busuttil, A. Formosa (C. Vella), B. Falzon, D. Agius, M. Pisani (R. Darmanin), I. Victor Ohaka, D. Grech (B. Bugeja), M. Abdilla.
Msida: J. Agius, L. Cassar, S. Vella, L. Baldacchino, M. Caruana, O. Zammit, S. Magro, T. Templeman (D. Attard), F. De Andrade, M. Grioli (K. Grech), R. Celeste.
Referee: Etienne Mangion.
Scorers: Grioli 35; Magro 90.
Mellieħa 3
Siġġiewi 2
Mellieħa: K. Cutajar, D. Cauchi, L. Cauchi, P. Taylor, D. Borg, W. Borg, K. Fenech, R. Cutajar (J. Zammit), W. Borg St John (J. Farrugia), G. Galea, D. Saliba (K. Simiana).
Siġġiewi: I. Cassar, J. Mercieca, N. Galea, E. Calleja, M. Camilleri, K. Buhagiar (P. Spiteri), G. Mallia (J. Camilleri), S. Delia, R. Farrugia, E. Bugeja, J. Shead (E. Ciappara).
Referee: Daryl Agius.
Scorers: Buhagiar (S) 6; Galea (M) 23, 34, 75; Mallia (S) 90.
Żebbuġ Rangers 2
Mġarr 0
Mġarr: K. Ellul, D. Axiaq, J. Said, W. Camilleri, A. Aquilina, J.P. Zammit, M. Deguara (L. Mifsud), S. Licari, S. Camilleri, C. Tabone, C. Abela.
Żebbuġ J. Spiteri, L. Camilleri, L. Galea, W. Camenzuli, M. Farrugia, L.J. Agius, R. Spiteri (J. Xerri), C. Cacciatolo (B. Chetcuti), A. Tabone, O. Rababah (S. Hili), M. Rodrigues Britto.
Referee: Keith Buhagiar.
Scorers: Rodrigues Britto 15, Hili 85.
St Patrick 3
Sta Venera Lightnings 2
St Patrick: J. Borg, A. Lagana (J.C. Cesare), C. Vella, M. Xerri, D. Cutajar, R. Ellul (I. Scicluna), L. Scerri, N. Filipov, A. Guazzo, D. Pace, K. Muscat.
Sta Venera: W. Cuschieri, R. Borg (A. Hili), D. Zammit, M. Muscat, K. Cilia, G. Micallef, A. Wingfield, L. Desira, E. Wileman, N. Caruana (S. Farrugia), D. Rapa (J. Zammit).
Referee: Eman Grech.
Scorers: Wingfield 18 (Sv), Xerri 41 (Sp), Wileman 66 (Sv), Pace 68 (Sp), Scicluna 76 (Sp).
Red Card: Muscat 84 (Sv).
St George’S 1
Pembroke Athleta 0
St George’S: R. Marmara, E. Sevasta, R. Previ, Q. Bregman, G. Vella, G. Inguanez, J. Farrugia, E. Amaira (C. Grech), M. Brincat, S. Agius (C. Tanti), O. Lucky Agbeobinna.
Pembroke: N. Grima, M. Mamo, N. Gatt Coleiro, L. Cilia, C. Debattista (C. Farrugia), R.J. Emeka, G. Spiteri, D. Cremona, A. Galea (K. Coleiro), J.C. Borg (N. Schembri), K. Micallef.
Referee: Sebastiano Gambuzza.
Scorer: Amaira 33.
Red Cards: Micallef (P) 58, Bregman (Sg) 90.
San Ġwann 3
Żurrieq 3
San Ġwann: C. Carbonaro, M. Vassallo, D. Cosaitis, B. Sciberras, G. Agius, P. Xuereb (A. Borg), R. Zammit, L. Galea (N. Corito), R. Briffa, J. Borg, B. Ferraz Do Amaral (J. Cutajar).
Żurrieq: J. Alden, K. Magro, K. Sacco, D. Stojanovic (B. Adams), J. Lia, D. Darmanin (T. Borg), M. Cocks, J. Briffa, S. Azzopardi (D. Bonnici), G. Bonello, D. Zammit.
Referee: Sandro Spiteri.
Scorers: J. Borg (Sġ) 22; Xuereb (Sġ) 25; Ferraz Do Amaral (Sġ) 38; Zammit (Ż) 47; Briffa (Ż) 70, 74 .