Seven Premier League players suspended

Seven Premier League players were suspended by the MFA Disciplinary Commissioner following the weekend’s matches.

The worst hit was Nikola Tasic of Pietà Hotspurs who was banned for three matches while Osa Ice-Cream Guobadia (Balzan), Andre Scicluna (Floriana), Kurt Magro and Dyson Falzon (Mosta), Victor Bellia and Pablo Doffo (Naxxar) were handed a one-match ban.

Tasic is ruled out of the next three games against Tarxien, Floriana and Hibernians. Scicluna skips the derby against Valletta, Magro and Falzon the game against Zebbug while Bellia and Doffo are ruled out of the clash with Birkirkara.

In Division 1, Andre Farrugia (Fgura), Nigel Rizzo (Melita) and Dylan Falzon (Rabat) were suspended for one match while Melvin Busuttil (Hamrun) was suspended for one match in Division 2.

Shawn Bonello (Swieqi) was handed a one-match ban in the FA Trophy.