A goal on the 91st minute by Fabian Debono enabled Swieqi United to stay close to leaders Sirens as they defeated Mtarfa 1-0.

Xghajra Tornados defeated St. Venera Lightnings 2-0. Darren Galea put them ahead on 52 minutes and Gabriel Buttigieg doubled the score on 76 minutes.

Ghaxaq and Mgarr United shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw. Albert Aquilina put Mgarr ahead on 58 minutes but two minutes later, Florin Anton levelled matters.

Qrendi defeated Ta’ Xbiex 2-0 thanks to two goals within the first eight minutes by Terence Cachia and Jesmond Azzopardi.

In other matches, Attard and Santa Lucia shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw while Luqa St. Andrew’s defeated Kalkara 4-1

Sirens lead the way with 25 points, followed by Swieqi on 21, Santa Lucia on 20, Luqa 18, Attard 17, Ghaxaq 16, Xghajra 15, Sta. Venera 13, Mgarr 11, Mtarfa and Qrendi 7, Kalkara and Ta’ Xbiex 2 and Marsaxlokk -3.

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MTARFA Karl Sammut, Arvin Micallef, Julian Fenech, Lee Wingfield, Haruna Doda, Shaun Peplow, Diego Gomez de Mello, Gary Caruana (82′ George Curmi), Mariolino Bugeja (89′ Paul Azzopardi), Omar Smeir, Roderick Sammut.
SWIEQI Matthew Sapiano, Matthew Asciak, Glendon Refalo, Kyle Calleja, Simon Borg, Thomas Naudi (64′ Fabian Debono), Kenneth Ekezie, Robert Magro, Adam Wingfield (79′ Matthew Fenech), Mark Spiteri, Abner dos Santos (46′ Sean Sebastian Gordon).
Referee: Luke Portelli

QRENDI Christian Schembri, Andre Formosa, Mark Ellul, Maverick Grech, Robert Darmanin, Alexei Saliba (51′ Adrian Muscat), Christ Farrugia, Paul Hili, Stefi Cale (78′ Sandro Sammut), Jesmond Azzopardi (85′ Franklyn Cassar), Terence Cachia.
TA’ XBIEX Christian Briffa, Jeffrey Azzopardi, Jethron Azzopardi, Josef Taliana (62′ Miguel Agius), Anderson Meyar de Melo, Andrew Xuereb, Ryan D’Amato, Steven Hyzler (45′ Christian Wismayer), Nicholas Scicluna (81′ Daniel Cuschieri), Riccardo Napoli, Matthias Micallef.
Referee: Jude Amin Utulu

XGHAJRA Jurgen Tabone, Glenn Saliba, Clayton Micallef, Clayton Xuereb, Mauro Leonardi, Martin Portelli, Gabriel Buttigieg, Jonathan Bugeja, Andeas Vella (87′ Antoine Barbara), Darren Galea, Ivo Ginev (77′ Brian Magro).
ST. VENERA Warren Cuschieri, Alfred Micallef, Ryan Bezzina, Yau Mun Law, Roderick Zammit (61′ Bradon Cremona), Joel Winters, Darren Rapa, Redeemer Borg, Johann Camilleri (16′ Mark Grech), Rudi Carbonaro, Dean Camilleri (78′ Nigel Refalo).
Referee: Ishmael Barbara