Physical power... Birkirkara’s Shola Shodiya Haruna (left) outmuscles Gilmar, of Naxxar. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Balzan: Armario Negrin 6 (1 pen); Darmanin 3; Bezzina 2, Micallef 2; Agius, Scicluna, Aboulezz, Pereira, Sciberras, Spiteri, Grima.
Red cards: Agius (vs Vittoriosa), Vignaroli (vs Sliema), Aboulezz (vs Mosta), Falzon (vs Naxxar), Grioli (vs Naxxar).

Birkirkara: Jhonnattann 13; Haruna 6; Temile 5 (1 pen); Fenech 4 (1 pen); Herrera 2, Mendoza 2, Matheus 2, Scicluna 2, Vella 2; Toure, Zerafa, Vukanac, Camenzuli.
Own goal: Camilleri (vs Valletta).
Red card: Bissi (vs Hibernians).

Floriana: Coronado 10; Muir 6 (4 pens); Diogo 3; Bogdanovic 2, Pisani 2; Casha, Edet.
Own goals: Doffo (vs Naxxar); Bonnici (vs Tarxien).
Red card: Edet (vs Rabat Ajax).

Hibernians: Edison 13; Failla 10 (5 pens); Cohen 6; Obiefule 5; Lima 4; Soares 3; Levnaic, Farrugia, Kristensen, B. Muscat.
Red cards: Pearson (vs Vittoriosa, vs Naxxar), Camilleri (vs Mosta); Levniac (vs Valletta); Failla (vs Sliema ); Kristensen (vs Sliema).

Valletta’s Steve Borg (right) duels for the ball with Marcelo Pereira, of Vittoriosa. Photo: Ian Pace

Mosta: Piccioni 8 (2 pens); Fernandes 6 (2 pens); Kaljevic 3 (1 pen); Micallef 3, Messias 3; Grech 2, T. Farrugia 2; Brincat, Pereira, Silva Faria, Duriska, Martins, Zammit.
Own goals: S. Gauci (vs Rabat Ajax), Bugeja (vs Qormi), Camilleri (vs Vittoriosa Stars).
Red cards: Ekani (vs Tarxien); Grech (vs Birkirkara); Piccioni (vs Floriana).

Naxxar: Scerri 6; Gilmar 5 (1 pen); Rocha Da Silva 4 (1 pen); Thiago 3, Falzon 3; Buhagiar 2; Ani, Bonnici, Evaldo, Debono.
Red cards: Drago (vs Sliema); Buhagiar (vs Tarxien), Del Negro (vs Vittoriosa).

Qormi: Effiong 7 (1 pen); Bajada 5 (4 pens); Innocenti 2; Sammut, Bugeja, Grech, Jorginho, Del Giudice, Gabriel, Nucera.
Red cards: Bugeja (vs Floriana, Balzan), Farrugia (vs Floriana), Pisani (vs Sliema).

Rabat: Micallef 4; Licari 3, Pelaez 3 (2 Pens); Carrillo 2, Avila Perez, Gauci, Azzopardi.
Red cards: Falzon (vs Mosta); S. Gauci (vs Qormi); A. Azzopardi (vs Naxxar); Velimirovic (vs Naxxar).

Sliema: Ohawuchi 14; Muchardi 5; Navarra 3, Bello-Osagie 3 (2 pens), A. Muscat 3, Cilia 3; Bianciardi, Gueye, Woods (pen), Vladavic (pen).
Red cards: Gatt Baldacchino (Vs Tarxien, vs Hibs), Mintoff (vs Valletta), Scerri (vs Qormi), Rapino (vs Naxxar).

Tarxien: Ronaille 10 (2 Pens); Jorge 6; Pulo 3; Potezica, Martinelli, Mamo, Bonnici, Barbosa.
Red cards: Potezica (vs Hibernians), Jorge (vs Sliema), Lopes (vs Rabat), Vella (vs Valletta, vs Qormi), Mifsud (vs Naxxar).

Valletta: Denni 14; Nafti 7; Agius 4; Briffa 3, Mifsud Triganza 3, Fenech 3, Nyang 3; Caruana 2; Barry, Camilleri, Zammit, Romulo.
Red cards: Agius (Vs Mosta), Denni (vs Hibs), Vandelannoite (vs Balzan), Borg (vs Naxxar).

Vittoriosa Stars: Guerrero 9 (2 pens); Pereira 5; Martin 4; Teruel, Samir Arab, Aguiar.
Red cards: Aguiar (vs Tarxien Rainbows, vs Qormi).

League fixtures

Saturday
Hibs Stadium: 14.00 Naxxar Lions vs Balzan; 16.00 Tarxien Rainbows vs Birkirkara.

Sunday
National Stadium: 14.00 Vittoriosa vs Sliema; 16.00 Floriana vs Hibs.
Tedesco Stadium: 14.00 Qormi vs Mosta; 16.15 Valletta vs Rabat Ajax.