Floriana scored a late goal as they defeated Hamrun Spartans 1-0 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium and extend their unbeaten run to five matches.

For the Spartans, this was the second defeat and now share seventh place with Birkirkara on seven points from five matches.

The Greens notched the winner eight minutes from time when off a cross by Leighton Grech, Mario Fontanella’s header was partially saved by Sultana and off the rebound, the Italian striker slotted past the Hamrun custodian.

HAMRUN Steve Sultana, Karl Micallef, Daniel Zerafa, Lydon Micallef, Triston Caruana, Dale Camilleri, Guilherme Felipe de Castro, Thiago Espindola de Paula, Terence Agius (70’ Arthur Faria Machado), Mauricio Jose Marinho, Siraj Arab (90’ Luke Sciberras).
Subs not used: Jake Galea, Bradley Schembri, Luca Gatt, Darren Borg, Jeremy Busuttil.
Coach: Jacques Scerri

FLORIANA Ini Etim Akpan, James Baldacchino, Enrico Pepe, Enzo Ruiz, Clyde Borg (77’ Dylan Grima), Ignacio Varela, Maurizio Vella, Juninho Cabral (70’ Leighton Grech), Alex Cini, Mario Fontanella, Emerson Marcelina.
Subs not used: Matthew Grech, Jake Stensen, Mattia Zarb, Jamie Delia, Neil Spiteri.
Coach: Giovanni Tedesco

Referee: Clayton Pisani
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Mitchell Scerri
Additional Assistant Referees: Fyodor Zammit, Philip Farrugia
Fourth Official: Jurgen Spiteri
Yellow Cards: Borg, Camilleri, Marcelina, Varela, Micallef
BOV Player of the Match: Juninho Cabral
Attendance at the Victor Tedesco Stadium: 842

Meanwhile Birkirkara returned to winning ways as they survived a good comeback by Naxxar Lions and scored in added time to win 3-2 at the National Stadium.

The Stripes took the lead on the 28th minute when off a cross from the left, Jake Grech controlled the ball well and with a powerful shot beat the Naxxar goalkeeper.

Luke Montebello doubled the score two minutes from the end of the first half, hitting home from close range following a cross by Bruno Andrade.

Naxxar reduced the gap three minutes in the second half when Ryan Grech sent Daren Falzon through and the latter advanced and dribbled the goalkeeper before depositing the ball inside the empty net.

The Lions equalised on the 70th minute when off an assist by Scott Fenwick, Daniel Mateo Bustos hit home from close range.

However three minutes in added time, Birkirkara regained the lead when off a freekick, Martin Klein’s header was saved partially by Nicht and Cain Attard hit home off the rebound.

B’KARA Philip Schranz, Cain Attard, Landry Mulemo, Nikola Vukanac, Martin Klein, Mislav Andjelkovic, Matthew Guillaumier, Jake Grech, Bruno Andrade de Brito (78’ Ernest Webnje N’For), Luke Montebello (83’ Kurt Zammit), Ryan Camenzuli (68’ Edward Herrera).
Subs not used: David Cassar, Llwelyn Cremona, Brandon Muscat, Alex Nilsson.
Coach: Paul Zammit

NAXXAR Christoph Nicht, Scott James Fenwick, Ryan Grech, Daren Falzon, Duane Bonnici, Jurgen Debono, Daniel Mateo Bustos, Angus Buhagiar, Mark Fenech, Adrian Cascaval, Arnaud Mendy.
Subs not used: Omar Borg, Tristan Nappa Licari, Marco Botta, Ryan Gilmour Cassar, Go Nagaoka, Joel Ellul, Gianluca Grima.
Coach: Stuart Watkiss

Referee: Stefan Pace
Assistant Referees: Luke Portelli, Sammy Attard
Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant
Yellow Cards: Debono, Bruno Andrade, Mulemo, Bustos, Buhagiar
BOV Player of the Match: Daniel Mateo Bustos
Attendance at the National Stadium: 471