In control... Balzan’s Lydon Micallef keeps Birkirkara’s Ryan Camenzuli at arm’s length. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Balzan
Effiong 12; Micallef 9; Vujacic 5; Mensha 3, Da Silva Souza 3 (1 pen), Pedrinho 3; Zarate, Grioli, Darmanin, Focsa, Valero, R. Fenech.

Red cards: Valero (vs Floriana), P. Fenech (vs Mosta).

Birkirkara
Plut 8; Miccoli 6 (3 pens), Camenzuli 6; Liliu 4; Z. Muscat 3; Fenech 2, Scicluna 2, Temile 2, Agius 2; Sciberras, Vukanac, Mazzetti, Barraso, Mujanovic.

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

Floriana
Fontanella 10 (5 pens); Villa 8 (2 pens); Piciollo 6; Juninho 3 (1 pen); Bonnici 2, Scozzese 2; Chiesa, S. Pisani, Marcelina, Monticelli.

Own goal: Uzeh (vs St Andrew’s).
Red cards: Pepe (vs Hibs); Calleja Cremona (vs Tarxien).

Hibernians
Jorge 12; Gilmar 8; Cohen 5; Jorginho 5, Failla 5 (4 pens); Kristensen 4, Agius 4; Degabriele 3; Denni, Pearson, Lima.

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

Duel... Tarxien’s Ayrton Azzopardi (left) and Qormi’s Gillmore Azzopardi fight for possession. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Qormi
Nilsson 5, Leeflang 5 (1 pen); Micallef 2, Ojuola 2, Vella 2; Gauci, Cassar, Sidibe.

Red card: Ojuola (vs Mosta).

Mosta
Murga 5; Fidelis 4; Zammit 3; Micallef 2, Gustavo 2, J. Brincat 2, Falzon 2; Guobadia, Ekani, Chukwide, Okon-kwo, Farrugia.

Own goal: Levnaic (vs Pembroke).
Red cards: Falzon (vs Balzan), Murga (vs Hibs); Okonkwo (vs Birkirkara).

Naxxar Lions
Toure 5 (1 pen); Falzon 3; Lattes 2, Cardozo 2; Sidoine, Debono, Rajovic, Scicluna, Bonnici, Cekaj.

Own goal: 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).

Pembroke Athleta
Villalobos 9; Martz 5; Laudisi 3, O’Brien 3, Arab 3; L. Micallef, Bardsley, Togbah, Grech, M. Micallef.

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

Sliema Wanderes
Mifsud 8 (1 pen); Muscat 3 (1 pen), Ledesma 3, Scerri 3; Friggieri 2, Kerlon 2 (1 pen); Pedrinho, Muir, Potezica, Bianciardi, Hendry, Farrugia.

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

Driving forward... St Andrew’s Jonatan Perez Cuestra (left) prepares to hit a cross as David Fenech, of Naxxar, closes in. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

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

Red card: Edafe (vs Pembroke).

Tarxien Rainbows
Pedro 7 (1 pen); Montebello 6 (1 pen), Azzopardi 6 (1 pen); Paixao 4 (1 pen); Baker 2, T. Caruana 2, Zerafa 2, Danilo 2, Hevia 2; Omeruo, Bruno.

Own goal: Scerri (vs Sliema).
Red cards: Baker (vs Sliema); Bruno (vs Pembroke); Hevia (vs Pembroke).

Valletta
Falcone 11; Priso 8 (4 pens); Nafti 7; Jhonnattann 4; Calistus 3; Borg 2, Briffa 2, Mifsud Triganza 2, Cremona 2; Azzopardi, Pani, Suda, Romao, Mifsud.

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

Next fixtures

Saturday (Hibs Stadium)
St Andrew’s vs Tarxien R. - 14.00
Qormi vs Valletta - 16.00

Saturday (Tedesco Stadium)
Mosta vs Pembroke - 14.00
Sliema W. vs Naxxar Lions - 16.15

Sunday (National Stadium)
Balzan vs Floriana - 14.00
Birkirkara vs Hibernians - 16.00