Fifteen Premier League players were handed a one-match ban by the MFA Disciplinary Commissioner following the weekend's matches and are therefore ruled out of the first programme of matches for 2018. The players are Cain Attard and Nikola Vukanac (Birkirkara), Enzo Ruiz (Floriana), Roderick Briffa and Amadou Samb (Gzira), Clayton Failla and Johann Bezzina (Hibs),