BOV Division 2: Marsa return to victory

After suffering back-to-back defeats to San Gwann and Melita, Marsa returned to winning ways as they defeated Zurrieq 3-1 in a match from the BOV Second Division at the Centenary Stadium on Friday.

A brace by Paul Lapira on the 26th and 45th handed Marsa a two-goal lead by the end of the first half, Larson Mallia increased the lead on the 67th with Claudio Calleja reducing the gap on the 77th.

Marsa lead the way with 37 points, followed by Marsaxlokk on 34, San Gwann 32, Rabat 31, Mgarr 30, Zurrieq 28, Melita 25, Kalkara 20, Mellieha 18, Zabbar 16, Birzebbuga 15, Xghajra 12 and Luqa 6.