Valletta dropped two important points in the battle for the championship as they could not go beyond a 2-2 draw with Mosta.

The Blues gave their opponents a worthy challenge and definitely deserved to take home a positive result from the game.

Valletta took the lead on the 8th minute thanks to a powerful drive by Alan da Silva Souza from outside the area which gave goalkeeper Omar Borg no chance.

The Blues levelled matters seven minutes later. It was a great freekick by Gianmarco Piccioni which beat the Georgian goalkeeper.

The Citizens went close with a Lateef Elford-Alliyu shot from close range when served by Alan da Silva from the right. A rising shot by Abdelkarim Nafti from outside the area ended just high.

Mosta forged ahead on 65 minutes when Gianmarco Piccioni flicked the ball home following an inviting cross by Antonio Carrozza from the left.

Two minutes later, Alan da Silva missed a good opportunity hitting wide from close range.

However Valletta restored equilibrium on the 78th when Lateef Elford-Alliyu placed the ball at the back of the net from close range off a cross from the right by Alan da Silva.

A rising shot by Gianmarco Piccioni scraped past the post for Mosta and finally Lattef Elford-Alliyu had a powerful shot neutralised by Omar Borg.

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VALLETTA Nukri Revishvili, Jonathan Caruana, Steve Borg, Ryan Fenech, Edmond Agius (71′ Hamza Barry), Roderick Briffa, Shaun Bajada, Alan da Silva Souza (89′ Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza), Irakli Maisuradze, Lateef Elford-Alliyu, Abdelkarim Nafti (71′ Luke Montebello).
Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Ian Azzopardi, Llywelyn Cremona, Luke Dimech.
Coach: Andre Paus

MOSTA Omar Borg, Tyrone Farrugia, Jonas Ekani Rodriguez, Mark Brincat, Ishmael Grech, Ryan Grech, Kurt Zammit (57′ Ricardo Silva Faria), Manolito Micallef, Ian Zammit (61′ Antonio Carrozza), Bojan Kaljevic (90′ Cristian Martins Fernandes), Gianmarco Piccioni.
Subs not used: Kurt Rizzo, James Brincat, Steve Schembri, Alex Cini.
Coach: Enrico Piccioni

Referee: Philip Farrugia
Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spiteri, Peter Abela
Additional Assistant Referees: Mario Apap, Fyodor Zammit
Fourth Official: William Debattista
Yellow Cards: Caruana, Kaljevic, Fenech, Micallef, Borg, Bajada, Ekani
Scorers: 8′ Alan da Silva Souza, 15′ Gianmarco Piccioni, 65′ Gianmarco Piccioni, 78′ Lateef Elford-Alliyu
BOV Player of the Match: Gianmarco Piccioni