Hamrun Spartans, Gudja United and Marsaxlokk were the final three teams to reach the quarter-finals of the Izibet FA Trophy after winning the last three matches from the Round of 16. They join Birkirkara, Gzira United, Hibernians, Mosta and Challenge League side San Gwann.
At the National Stadium, Hamrun Spartans came from behind to beat Valletta 2-1.
Federico Falcone put the Citizens ahead on the 7th minute but Elvis Mashike equalised on the hour and Matthew Guillaumier converted a penalty on the 72nd minute.
VALLETTA Cain Formosa, Enzo Ruiz, Shaun Dimech (79′ Triston Caruana), Nilton Soares Rodrigues (72′ Eslit Sala), Enmy Pena Beltre (78′ William Jebor), Federico Falcone, Bradley Kamdem, Brandon Paiber, Rowen Muscat (73′ Andrea Zammit), Ulrich N’Nomo, Kilian Bevis.
HAMRUN Henry Bonello, Ederson Bruno Domingos (61′ Joseph Mbong), Steve Borg, Matthew Guillaumier, Roko Prsa, Kalle Holmberg (46′ Elvis Mashike Sukisa), Ognjen Bjelicic, Juan Carlos Corbalan, Jonny Robert do Nascimento Torres (88′ Luke Montebello), Emerson Marcelina, Ryan Camenzuli.
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann
Assistant Referees: Luke Portelli, Roberto Vella
Fourth Official: Ishmael Barbara
At the Tony Bezzina Stadium, a brace by Santiago Fabian Moracci handed Marsaxlokk a 2-0 win over Santa Lucia.
Moracci opened the score on the 62nd and sealed the issue with a second goal five minutes in added time.
SANTA LUCIA Dylan Ciappara, Lorenzo Soares Fonseca, Thomas Sebastian Rier, Nicholas Pulis, Jan Tanti, Diego Francarolli Pacheco (72′ Kyrian Nwoko), Jurgen Pisani, Francisco Rodrigues Farias, Rodolfo Soares (29′ Yevhenii Terzi), Miguel Angel Alba (64′ Robert Bairam), Robert Hehedosh.
MARSAXLOKK Marko Drobnjak, Ayrton Attard (84′ Dale Mifsud), Kristian Keqi (72′ Tiago Adan Fonseca), Peter Xuereb, Santiago Adrian Ferraris, Juan Cruz Aguilar, Oscar Carniello (40′ Claudio Bonanni), Leandro Aguirre, Ryan Scicluna, Santiago Fabian Moracci, Dejan Vukovic.
Referee: Glen Tonna
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Thomas Debono
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson
On the other hand, a goal by Tatsuro Nagamatsu on the 70th minute handed Gudja United a narrow win over Sirens at the Tony Bezzina Stadium.
GUDJA Glenn Zammit, Juan Bolanos Ramires, Andre Prates, Tatsuro Nagamatsu (78′ Shaisen Attard), Vito Plut, James Arthur, Neil Micallef, Karl Micallef, Hubert Vella, Matias Muchardi, Nicolas Navarrete (90+1′ Farid Romero Zuniga).
SIRENS Andrea Cassar, Kei Sano, Rei Tachikawa, Adrian Borg, Jacob Walker, Armah Ayo Vaikainah, Alex Cini (86′ Siraj Arab Eddin), Ricardo Correa (78′ Degran Jackson), Paulo Vyctor Bento de Vale, Ivan Kolev, Stephane Sessengon (78′ Sean Cipriott).
Referee: Darryl Agius
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Paul Apap
Fourth Official: Daniel Portelli