Balzan 1 Mosta 2
Mosta made a bold step towards the Premiership when they beat Balzan by the odd goal in three. Mosta are now in second place and if they beat San Gwann in their last match they will be promoted.
Balzan thus suffered their second consecutive relegation and have only themselves to blame following a very disappointing season.
Mosta did the early running but had to wait till the 36 th minute to open the score when Pio Vassallo headed in from close range a Pio Scriha freekick. Three minutes later Mosta doubled the score through a Dyson Falzon solo effort.
In the second half Balzan dominated for long stretches with Mosta operating in fast breaks. Mosta¹s goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia denied Mizzi with a brilliant save but the same Mizzi scored Balzan¹s consolation goal with three minutes to go.
Senglea A 5
Naxxar L 2
Senglea kept their slim promotion hopes alive when they beat Naxxar Lions 5-2 in a highly entertaining match, with their striker Timothy Thomas their hero scoring a hat trick.
Naxxar had a good start going in the lead through Victor Ballia on nine minutes. But Senglea had a good spell around the 30th minute when they scored two goals through Thomas and Kenneth Abela.
In the second half Senglea added another one from Glenn Bonallo and Thomas notched his second goal in the 73rd making it 4-1.
League top scorer Jerry Ani scored his seventeenth of the season, reducing the arrears for Naxxar but Thomas sealed his hat trick with six minutes to go for a Senglea 5-2 victory.
Yesterday’s other results
Football
Premier League: St Patrick-Msida St Joseph 4-2; Birkirkara-Valletta 6-3
First Division: Balzan Y.-Mosta 1-2; Senglea A.-Naxxar L. 5-2
Second Division: Tarxien R.-Vittoriosa S. 2-0; Qormi-Rabat A. 1-3
Today’s fixtures
Football
Ta’ Qali: Premier League 4pm Hibernians-Sliema W.
Hibs Ground: First division 9am San Gwann-Marsa; 11am Mqabba-St George’s.
Centenary Stadium: Second division 9am Dingli S.-St Venera L.; 11am Melita-Zebbug R. Third division 2.30pm Siggiewi-Kalkara; 4.30pm Gudja-Ghaxaq.
Pace Grasso: Women’s KO 9am Birkirkara-Hibernians; 11am St Venera-Raiders.
Ghaxaq: YFA Under 16 8.30am Mqabba-St Andrew’s; Under 14 10.15am Marsa-Siggiewi; 11.30am Sirens-Ghaxaq
Mosta: YFA Under 16 12.15pm Balzan-Dingli; 2pm Pieta-Paola; Under 14 3.30pm Mosta-Valletta
St Aloysius: YFA Under 16 semi-final 8.30am Birkirkara-Mosta; 10.15am Floriana-Sliema; Under 14 11.45am B’Buga W.-Senglea A.; Under 16 1.15pm Marsa-Zurrieq; 3pm St Patrick-Mgarr; 4.45pm Marsaxlokk-Kirkop
Hockey
Corradino: KO semi-finals 9am The Hunters Tower Rest.-Poiatti Qormi; 11am Rabat-Sliema Hs
Badminton
St Martin’s College: 34th Eurosport national championship finals 10am Men’s Singles final; 11am Ladies singles final; 11.45 am, Men’s Doubles final
Motor-Sport
Grand Harbour: 2pm, Powerboat Grand Prix – circuit race
Netball
University Hall: 9am first division All Ages Eurochange-ASC Ta’ Xbiex Wolverines; Second Division 10am Kerygma B-M’Scala; 11am Mellieha-New Ages; first division 12.00 Armor All NRG-Kergyma A.
Shooting
Bidnija: 10am Second day of trap competition for the Luigi Franchi Cup (Selection Shoot)
Archery
Marsa: 8.30am, Double 70 metres