TARXIEN RAINBOWS      0

MOSTA       2

N’Guessan 63, 79

Mosta distanced themselves from the bottom places in the standings when they had the better of Tarxien Rainbows on Saturday.

Tarxien created the first chance after seven minutes when Michele Paolucci sped into the area but was denied by Vella.

On 18 minutes Davy Angan N’Guessan used all his pace to move past his marker but his shot was kept out by Andrea Cassar.

Mambouana came close on 27 minutes when he stepped up to take a central free-kick but his inswinger just missed the upright.

Mosta finally threatened five minutes from the break when Zachary Brincat let fly a dipping shot that brought the best out of Cassar.

The match maintained the same script in the second half with both teams showing a lot of promise when pushing forward but their final pass always left much to be desired.

On the hour, Luke Grech sent a fine cross but Siraj Arab failed to connect just in front of Vella.

At the other end, Cisotti’s shot was deflected to a corner.

From the resultant corner, taken by the same Cisotti, Nguessan was on hand to tap home to put his team ahead.

The Rainbows almost replied instantly as Arab played in Michele Paolucci who hit a low drive but the ball came off the upright.

Sixteen minutes from Mambouana connected to Miguel Ciantar’s corner but his header was somehow kept out by Vella.

But Mosta put the game beyond Tarxien’s reach on 78 minutes when in a quick raid, Cisotti squared the ball to N’Guessan who tapped the ball into an empty net.

Late on, Rafael was unlucky to see his shot coming off the upright.

Davy Angan N'Guessan was voted as the BOV Player of the match.

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