Valletta defeated Sliema Wanderers 2-1 at the National Stadium to keep the pace with leaders Balzan.

The Citizens took the lead on the 61st minute when Federico Falcone beat Glenn Zammit with a diving header following an inviting cross by Leandro Aguirre.

Valletta doubled the score on the 69th through Llewelyn Cremona whose powerful shot, when served by Santiago Malano, gave the Sliema goalkeeper no chance.

Sliema pulled one back eight minutes from time through Mark Scerri, served by Milos Galin, whose angled shot beat goalkeeper Dziugas Bartkus.

SLIEMA Glenn Zammit, Armando Vieira dos Santos (68′ Milos Galin), Gary Muir, Roger de Souza Villas Boas, Stefano Bianciardi, John Mintoff, Matias Muchardi (83′ Gabriel Aquilina), Mark Scerri, Peter Xuereb, Jean Paul Farrugia, Denni Rocha dos Santos.
Subs not used: Timothy Aquilina, Beppe Muscat, Michele Sansone, Kurt Shaw, Ryan Spiteri.
Coach: John Buttigieg

VALLETTA Dziugas Bartkus, Jonathan Caruana, Steve Borg, Ryan Camilleri, Michael Mifsud (64′ Santiago Malano), Federico Falcone, Llewelyn Cremona (90+3′ Russell Fenech), Claudio Pani, Leandro Aguirre, Jhonnattann Benites da Conceicao (80′ Jean Borg), Valdo Goncalves Alhinho.
Subs not used: Henry Bonello, Ian Azzopardi, Jurgen Suda, Nicholas Pulis.
Coach: Paul Zammit

Referee: Fyodor Zammit
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Sammy Attard
Fourth Official: Mario Apap
Yellow Cards: Roger, Pani, Galin, Bartkus, Falcone
Scorers: 61′ Federico Falcone, 69′ Llywelyn Cremona, 82′ Mark Scerri
BOV Player of the Match: Jhonnattann Benites da Conceicao
Attendance at the National Stadium: 640

A goal by former Mosta striker Bojan Kaljevic enabled leaders Balzan to return to winning ways after defeating the Blues 1-0 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium.

Balzan scored the all-important goal on the 33rd minute thanks when Matteo Piciollo exchanged the ball with Alan da Silva Souza with the ball reaching Bojan Kaljevic who slotted past Manuel Bartolo.

MOSTA Manuel Bartolo, Chinatu Francis Onwudinjo, Kemmu Degran Jackson (79′ Luke Galea), Adrian Caruana, Tristan Grant, Chevaughn McLaren (71′ Kurt Frendo), Kurt Magro, Kevaun Atkinson (67′ Zachary Brincat), Dexter Xuereb, Lucky Victor Oseghale, Njongo Priso.
Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Emerson Vella, Luca Martinelli, Neil Frendo.
Coach: Jojo Bajada

BALZAN Ivan Janjusevic, Clive Brincat, Samir Arab, Bojan Kaljevic, Bruno Giglio de Oliveira, Steve Bezzina, Anderson Francisco de Barros (61′ Ryan Fenech), Abdelkarim Nafti (73′ Terence Agius), Matteo Piciollo, Dylan Grima, Alan da Silva Souza.
Subs not used: Roberto Zammit, Paul Lapira, Jamie Zerafa, Gary Camilleri, Sean Cipriott.
Coach: Oliver Spiteri

Referee: Eman Grech
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Paul Apap
Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann
Yellow Cards: Onwudjinjo, Piciollo, Magro, Grima, Janjusevic, Bruno Oliveira
Scorers: 33′ Bojan Kaljevic
BOV Player of the Match: Alan da Silva Souza
Attendance at the Victor Tedesco Stadium: 220