The two teams who won the FA Trophy most – Sliema Wanderers and Floriana – and holders Balzan were all eliminated as nine matches from the FA Trophy Round of 32 were played on Wednesday.

At the Centenary Stadium, a stoppage time goal by Jed Valletta handed Challenge League side St. Andrews a narrow win over Sliema Wanderers. The Blues had Alessandro Milesi sent off eleven minutes from time.

ST. ANDREWS Duncan Formosa, Matthew Muscat, Liam Grech, Masahi Ono (73′ Jed Valletta), Gunnar Orvar Stefansson (73′ Kemmu Degran Jackson), Kei Sano, Russell Micallef, Alan Borg Olivier, Jamie Sixsmith, Luke Anthony Borg (90+2′ Sebastian Cassar Torregiani), William Camilleri (74′ Karel Eugene Bituemi Mavanbu).

SLIEMA Jake Galea, Alex Satariano, Kurt Shaw, Alessandro Milesi, John Mintoff, Denilson Pereira (73′ Michele Sansone), Jake Engerer (73′ Juri Cisotti), Danny Holla (64′ Edmond Agius), Gabriel Aquilina, Riki Kakinuma, Nuno Jorge Nobre Barbosa Malheiro (64′ Myles Beerman).

Referee: Andrea Sciriha
Assistant Referees: Mark Ciantar, Krisztian Kavai
Fourth Official: Ezekiel Barbara

Floriana lost 1-3 to Santa Lucia at the Hibernians Stadium. Augusto Rene Caseres put Santa Lucia ahead on the 12th minute and a brace by Kevin Ante Rosero on the 45th and 62nd extended the lead. Kristian Keqi pulled one back eight minutes from time.

FLORIANA Ini Etim Akpan, Enzo Ruiz, Nicola Leone, Kristian Keqi, Ulises Arias (81′ Jan Busuttil), Brandon Paiber, Jurgen Pisani, Matias Garcia, Alex Cini (46′ Jeroen Lombe Lubu), Flavio Cheveresan (70′ Ryan Camenzuli), Daniel Agius.

SANTA LUCIA Miguel Montfort, Andre Fausto Prates Rodrigues, Kevin Correia, Adam Magri Overend, Nicholas Pulis, Alan da Silva Souza (75′ Michael Camilleri), Kevin Ante Rosero (90+1′ Liam Mackay), Victor Luiz Filho (75′ Timothy Tabone Desira), Augusto Caseres (65′ Jamie Zerafa), Rei Tachikawa, Kieran Xuereb (90+1′ Andreas Vella).

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann
Assistant Referees: Mitchell Scerri, Ivan Galea
Fourth Official: Slobodan Petrovic

Holders Balzan, also, lost 1-3 to Mosta at the Hibernians Stadium. Bojan Kaljevic put Mosta ahead on the 14th. Three minutes in the second half, Divine Naah doubled the score and although an own goal on the 73rd minute reduced the gap for Balzan, Bojan Kaljevic sealed the issue with another goal on the 79th.

BALZAN Vukasin Vranes, Augustine Loof, Samir Arab, Milan Djuric, Paul Fenech, Alfred Effiong, Gary Camilleri (67′ Marcus Grima), Stefan Dimic, Aleksa Andrejic, Sean Cipriott (67′ Eric Mc Woods), Moussa Kamara (52′ Michael David Johnson)

MOSTA Yves Stephane Bitseki Moto, Dejan Debono, Christ Ememe (77′ Clayton Failla), Michael Mifsud (90+2′ Gabriel Sant), Johann Bezzina (77′ Gianluca Sciberras), Tyrone Farrugia, Divine Naah, Matias Muchardi, Rafael Morisco, Bojan Kaljevic (88′ Larens Vella), Jonas Rodriguez Ekani.

Referee: Matthew De Gabriele
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Darko Stankovic
Fourth Official: Philip Farrugia

Valletta came from behind to beat ten-man Gudja United 2-1 at the National Stadium. Gudja had Juan Andres Bolanos sent off on the 21st minute but Tensior Gusman put Gudja ahead on the 31st. Santiago Malano equalised on the 63rd and Shaun Dimech notched the winner on the 78th.

VALLETTA Henry Bonello, Triston Caruana, Santiago Malano, Shaun Dimech, Kyrian Nwoko (75′ Leocisio Julio Sami), Eslit Sala (59′ Mario Fontanella), Rowen Muscat, Leandro Aguirre, Ryan Fenech, Ivan Maric, Lucas Campos.

GUDJA Jamie Azzopardi, Aidan Friggieri (82′ James Brincat), Tensior Gusman (53′ Elton da Silva), Llwelyn Cremona (86′ Terence Vella), Gabriel Mensah, Filip Pankarican, Imanol Gonzalez, Thomas Veronese, Vanger Conceicao (46′ Neil Anthony Micallef), Juan Bolanos, Justin Grioli.

Referee: Ishmael Barbara
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Paul Apap
Fourth Official: Stefan Pace

Hamrun Spartans defeated Gozitan side Sannat Lions 3-1 at the Gozo Stadium. David Yeboah Johnson put Hamrun ahead on the 18th but Milos Perisic equalised on the 56th. Seydou Doumbia restored the lead for the Spartans on the 63rd and Blas Andreas Cittadini sealed the issue with a goal on the 94th.

SANNAT Lorjean Xuereb, Lucas Baretto da Silva, Joseph Zammit, Damon Hili (71′ Christian Vella, Lucas Silva Gomes (81′ Daniel Borg), Mario Mifsud (81′ Omar Calleja), Joseph Buttigieg, Brandon Said (86′ Aaron Azzopardi), Hugo Santa Rosa Cruz, Fabian John Xuereb (81′ Hayden Muscat), Milos Perisic.

HAMRUN Jonathan Debono, Michele Laraspata, Arthur Oyama (46′ Matthew Guillaumier), Conor Borg (46′ Sven Xerri), David Yeboah Johnson, Blas Andreas Cittadini, Karl Micallef, Seydou Doumbia (69′ Joseph Mbong), Emerson Marcelina, Darren Borg.

Referee: Etienne Mangion
Assistant Referees: Duncan Spencer, Vasil Vasilev
Fourth Official: Shaun Calleja

Tarxien Rainbows beat Challenge League side Qormi 3-0 at the Centenary Stadium thanks to goals by Eduardo Rosado on the 36th, Jurgen Debono on the 64th and Luigi Bonavia on the 90th.

QORMI Miguel Falzon, Ousmane Sidibe, Mohamed Ahmad Ayoub, Luke Farrugia (84′ Danny De Abela Borg), Leon Theuma, Gianluca Borg (71′ Kai Nanakida), Ryoma Uriu, Allan da Silva Oliveira, Iven Zammit, Lucas Joseph Williams Race (84′ Miguel Busuttil).

TARXIEN Daniel Fernandes, Carlos Conceicao Filho (67′ Cedric Zahra), Darren Falzon (84′ Dale Tabone), Jurgen Debono, Leonardo Henrique Ferreira, Eduardo Rosado, Luke Sciberras (84′ Vito Plut), Erisa Sseiksambu (87′ Luigi Bonavia), Matthew Tabone, Camilo Escobar, Keith Attard (67′ Matthew Spiteri).

Referee: Alex Johnson
Assistant Referees: Thomas Debono, Max Lee Muscat
Fourth Official: Daniel Casha

A goal by Jackson de Lima Siqueira on the 62nd minute handed Marsa a narrow win over Zebbug Rangers in a clash between two Challenge League sides at the Victor Tedesco Stadium.

ZEBBUG Matthe Grech, Shaun Bugeja, John Micallef (73′ Giorgio De Marino), Jonatan Silveira da Silva, Clive Gauci, Kevaughn Atkinson (67′ Luka Mijic), Randall Vella, Shaun Gauci (63′ Kyle Tanti), Chris Vella (63′ Ayrton Mizzi), Stanimir Miloskovic, Gaetano Gesualdi.

MARSA Nicky Vella, Philip Chircop (82′ Dylan Agius), Johathan Bondin, Antonio Monticelli, Manolito Micallef, Jackson de Lima, Clifford Gatt Baldacchino (24′ Leighton Grech), Patrick Texeira Maia (82′ Ian Zammit), Francesco Gusman, Shola Shodiya (82′ Lydon Micallef), Rodrigo Coelho Confettura (82′ Dylan Grima.

Referee: Slawomir Olucha
Assistant Referees: Jason Portelli, Joseph Scerri

The other clash between two Challenge League sides at the Victor Tedesco Stadium ended in a most comfortable 6-1 win for Naxxar Lions over Swieqi United. Two braces by Robinson Blandon Rendon on the 3rd and 29th and Christopher Bibaku on the 35th and 59th paved the way for Naxxar who increased the lead through Nick Borg on the 76th and although Ibrahim Salis reduced the gap on the 83rd, Jairo Andres Tenorio made it 6-1 one minute from time.

NAXXAR Andre Fenech, Jordan Sciberras, Ryan Mercieca, Mead Mifsud (62′ Santiago Martinez), Christopher Bibaku, Ryan Gilmour Cassar (71′ Mark Fenech), Andres Tenorio Viveros, Robinson Blandon Rendon (71′ Ayrton Senna Azzopardi), Dimitri Christian Kassekar, Lee Joe Schembri (62′ Nick Borg), Bradley Schembri.

SWIEQI Edward Gatt, Kristian Sultana (20′ Mehdi Sakani), Mirko Vella (60′ Frank Temile), Kurt Muscat, Sean Gatt Baldacchino (46′ Kane Micallef), Ebenezer Tejumola Ayorinde, Clyde Bouvet, Luke Zammit (60′ Ibrahim Salis), Dayle Borg, Matthew Camilleri (46′ Wilfred Ojodale Ammeh), Marko Ivanovic.

Referee: Aleksandar Jovanovic
Assistant Referees: Carmel Vassallo, Jo-Anna Vassallo

A brace by Filipe Rodrigues De Souza Santos and goals by Francesco Attard and Rafael Rennardy De Souza handed Gozitan side Xaghra United a 4-1 win over National Amateur League side Birzebbuga St. Peter’s at the Sirens Stadium.

B’BUGA Ristan Schembri, Brendan Scerri (61′ Ryan Micallef), Nicholas Galea (61′ Nigel Bugeja), Mattea Cutajar (80′ Clint Farrugia), Jean Claude Cassar, Keith Muscat, Christopher Cutajar, Ryan Sell, Kurt Camilleri, Daniel Mallia (61′ Vinicius de Souza Ferreira), Sheldon Grech.

XAGHRA Victor Agius, Johann Bajada, Savio Galea, Nebojsa Biculjevic, Jacob Kyle Farrugia, Matthias Cordina (80′ Justin Formosa), Luke Sultana (83′ Joseph Bajada), Filipe Rodrigues de Souza, Raffael de Souza Ferreira, Francesco Attard (90+1′ Carlos Cutajar), Christian Camilleri.

Referee: Sandro Spiteri
Assistant Referees: Stefan Minic, Patrick Falzon

The other match between Hibernians and Zejtun Corinthians has been postponed.

Hamrun Spartans, Mosta, Santa Lucia, Tarxien Rainbows, Valletta, Marsa, Naxxar Lions, St. Andrews and Xaghra United join Birkirkara, Senglea Athletic, Sirens, Pembroke Athleta and Ghajnsielem in the Round of 16.

On Thursday, Gzira United face Mqabba in another match from the Round of 32.