Mqabba, Kalkara United and St. George’s maintained the battle for promotion in the IZIBET Amateur League 2 as they registered wins on Saturday.
Mqabba defeated Sta. Venera Lightnings 4-1 at the Sirens Stadium. Darren Darmanin put Mqabba ahead on 20 minutes and three minutes later, Ryan Dalli doubled the score. Kieran Simon Conti reduced the gap on 70 minutes but Andres Tenorio restored the two-goal lead on 89 minutes with Gabriel Sant adding another three minutes in added time.
Goals by Timothy Thomas on the 25th, Andriy Pisani on the 38th and Kenneth Chibuike Ekezie on the 73rd handed Kalkara a 3-0 win over Siggiewi at the Luxol Stadium while a Kurt Zahra penalty on the 65th enabled St. George’s to beat Ta’ Xbiex 1-0 at the Sirens Stadium.
Victoria Hotspurs lead the way with 39 points, followed by Mqabba on 29, Kalkara 28, St. George’s 27, Dingli 23, Mdina 18, Siggiewi 17, Ghaxaq 14, Ta’ Xbiex 4 and Sta. Venera 1.