Qormi 3

Rabat  1

(abandoned two minutes from the end)

Umpires: Reno Cremona, Silvano Vassallo

Qormi took the lead as early as the fifth minute through Keith Calleja from a short corner action.  

Another short action in the ninth minute saw Qormi double their lead when Juan Garcia netted.   They continued to dominate the game forcing another four short corners in quick succession.     

Rabat came back into the game towards the end of the first half but did not manage to take advantage of a couple of short corners which they had won.  

In the second half, after a balanced ten minute period, Rabat began to exert pressure  and won seven short corners creating a couple of good goal scoring chances.  

The eighth short corner provided dividends and in the 63rd minute Kevin Micallef scored from close range to bring Rabat back into the game.  

Qormi reacted immediately and Jonathan Borg put Qormi further ahead in the 67th minute after a well orchestrated move.  

With about two minutes to go a number of Rabat players took offence to an umpiring decision and after various verbal protests, very regrettably the game was abandoned.

Hotsticks 2

Young Stars  1

Umpires: Paul Brincat, Luke Busuttil Leaver

A game which saw Hotsticks take a 2-0 lead by the seventh minute of the second half but despite their strong position, Young Stars reduced the arrears in the 62nd minute to lay the stage for an exciting remaining eight minutes of the game.

In the first half exchanges were fairly even and both sides could have taken the lead.  The deadlock was broken in the 34th minute when after an elaborate move Domingo Gutierrez put Hotsticks ahead.  

At the start of the second half Young Stars missed a chance from an acute angle and Hotsticks went ahead in the 42nd minutes through a well taken goal by Simon Baldacchino. 

At this point Hotsticks pressed forward and created a couple of chances but did not convert them.  

The game then flowed from end to end with Young Stars reducing  the deficit in the 62nd minute when Chris Attard netted from close range.  

Hotsticks then forced to short corners in the final three minutes of the game but the score did not change.