Zurrieq suffered a second defeat in a row and are now on 22 points in fourth place while Qormi are in third place with the same number of points both teams have played 13 games. As the final score indicates, Qormi were very superior to their opponents.

Qormi forged ahead after only 20 seconds. Philip Grech put Chris Vella through who scored with a low shot. Zurrieq keeper Anthony Camilleri saved on Chris Vella after a Rodney Caruana cross.

At the other end, Julian Galea put Lee Galea through but his shot missed the upright.

Chris Vella put Philip Grech through, the latter crossed to Garry Parnis but he failed to apply the killer touch when well placed. Qormi keeper Jurgen Cilia saved a Robert Ghigo freekick shot.

On 27 minutes Qormi doubled the score through Parnis who finished off a Chris Vella perfect through ball, it became 3-0 four minutes later when Parnis won a loose ball in Zurrieq’s half, dribbled past two opponents and also the Zurrieq keeper and scored with a low shot, and five minutes before the break Philip Grech scored a fourth goal after a Parnis cross.

Qormi resumed their pressure after restart. Camilleri saved a Caruana header after a Parnis flagkick. On 46 minutes it became 5-0, a Caruana shot was partially saved by Camilleri and Ryan Cauchi shot in the rebound from outside the area.

Chris Vella scored No 6 on 53 minutes after a through pass by substitute James Winter and in the 61st minute Johann Zammit scored the seventh goal after beating two defenders.

Referee – Alex Grech

Player of the match – Gary Parnis (Qormi)

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Floriana 2

Mosta 6

Bottom-placed Mosta registered their first win from 12 games against a disorganised Greens side.

Mosta drew first blood on four minutes through Ishmael Cutajar who lobbed the ball past Greens keeper Luca Grech after receiving a cross and two minutes later Antoine Vassallo headed in a second goal after a Cutajar flagkick with the Greens defenders doing the stands till act.

Floriana pulled one back on 19 minutes through Edward Falzon who shot past Mosta keeper Christian Russo after beating two defenders, but five minutes later Mosta scored a third goal when Kyle Kershaw put Adrian Borg through who lobbed the ball over Grech.

On 32 minutes the referee standing in midfield awarded a penalty to Mosta. Cutajar was put through in the area. Grech was late in his sortie but still smothered the ball, lying with his back facing the onrushing Cutajar who tripped himself and the official ordered the penalty which Glenn Gauci converted.

Three minutes after restart, Mosta scored a fifth goal through substitute Matthias Vella who lobbed the ball over Grech who was well out of his position after a Borg through ball, and two minutes later Floriana were reduced to 10 men as Jamie Portelli was shown the red card for a vicious foul on the Mosta keeper.

In a Floriana raise attack substitute Patrick Grech crossed to Andrea Grech but his shot missed the upright.

On 67 minutes Mosta scored their sixth goal when Jonathan Muscat crossed to Adrian Borg who scored from inside the area and two minutes before the end Floriana scored a second goal through Owen Bugeja after beating a defender.

Referee – Franco Cachia

Player of the match – Adrian Borg (Mosta)