Mosta collected their first three points as they defeated newly-promoted Lija Athletic 3-1 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium on Saturday.

Both teams had two changes from their last match as new signings Ivan Maric and Leonardo Henrique Ferreira replaced Kurt Magro and Semen Datsenko for Mosta while Predrag Babic and debutante Ousmane Sidibe replaced Erjon Beu and the suspended Patrick Borg.

Dexter Xuereb put Mosta ahead on the 32nd minute and just before half-time, Zachary Brincat doubled the score. Eight minutes in the second half, Leonardo Henrique Ferreira added another with Djamel Leeflang scoring a consolation goal for Lija on the 90th.

MOSTA Andreas Vella, Leonardo Henrique Ferreira, Tyron Farrugia, Thomas Veronese, Ivan Maric, David Ifeanyi Nworah (65′ David Fenech), Zachary Brincat (77′ Kyle Frendo), Dexter Xuereb, Edison Bilbao Zarate, Cristian Jorge Martins Fernandes, Jonas Ekani Rodriguez.
Subs not used: Andy Attard, Neil Frendo, Jurgen Grech, Kyle Gatt, Kurt Magro.
Coach: Johann Scicluna

LIJA Luke Bonnici, Predrag Babic (76′ Aiden Galea), Leon Muscat, Daniel Scerri, Lee Joe Schembri (72′ Aaron Sammut), Antoine Borg, Abubakar Bello Osagie, McAllister Clinch, Marcelo de Souza Dias (63′ Carl Cassar), Ousmane Sidibe, Djamel Leeflang.
Subs not used: Jonathan Martinelli, Adrian Caruana, Nigel Spiteri, Dylan Mintoff.
Coach: Joseph Galea

Referee: Glen Tonna
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Theodore Zammit
Fourth Official: Ishamel Barbara
Yellow Cards: Farrugia