Two goals mid-way through the second half enabled Valletta to beat First Division side Melita 2-0 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium and reach the FA Trophy quarter-finals.
Following a goalless first half, Steve Borg managed to break the deadlock for Valletta on 69 minutes and three minutes later, substitute Shaun Bajada doubled the score.
MELITA Philip Schranz, Nicholas Micallef, Rudy Alhinho, George Gribbon, Luke Bianco, Matthias Fenech (74′ Kurt Coleiro), Federico Mennini Righini, Jean Pierre Attard, Julian Galea, Alan Borg Olivier (84′ Tobias Terpougoff), Alexander Eby (84′ Luke Mifsud).
VALLETTA Pietro Demetrio Marino, Ian Azzopardi, Steve Borg, Ryan Camilleri, Ryan Fenech, Hamza Barry, Roderick Briffa, Luke Montebello (68′ Jonathan Caruana), Llywelyn Cremona (62′ Shaun Bajada), Abdelkarim Nafti (89′ Stefan Cassar), Luke Dimech.
Referee: Fyodor Zammit
Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spiteri, David Castillo
Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann