Mosta were the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy after defeating First Division side Gzira United 4-1 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium on Tuesday.

Gary Roberts put the Blues ahead on the 31st minute and eleven minutes in the second half, Mateus Ribeiro dos Santos doubled the score. Moises Avila Perez converted a penalty on 61 minutes to reduce the gap for the Maroons but Mosta increased the lead once again through Gary Roberts on the 84th minute and Nemanja Milovanovic sealed the issue with a fourth goal on the 92nd minute.

Andorran international Sergio Moreno Marin was sent off for Gzira two minutes in added time.

GZIRA Fredrick Tabone, Sergio Moreno Marin, Dejan Vukovic, Steve Meilak (90′ Justin Camilleri), Anthony Ewurum, Moises Avila Perez, Jamie Pace, Gabriel Aquilina (90′ Dylan Agius), Eduoard Ndjodo, Ryan Dalli, Yanis Tonna (62′ John Ogechukwu Nwoba).

MOSTA Kyle Gerada, Jonas Ekani Rodriguez, Tyrone Farrugia, Gary Roberts, Kurt Magro, Karl Pulo, Mateus Ribeiro dos Santos (90′ Zachary Brincat), Yannick Ossok, Ian Zammit, James Brincat (58′ Ryan Grech), Diogo Pinheiro de Sousa (69′ Nemanja Milovanovic).

Referee: Marco Borg
Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Luke Portelli
Fourth Official: Sandro Spiteri