Despite lacking no less than five players through suspension, Zabbar St. Patrick kicked-off their 360Sports Malta Premier Closing Round Bottom 6 commitments with a 2-0 win over Naxxar Lions at the National Stadium on Saturday.
A win which puts Zabbar on level points with Hibernians, four ahead of Gzira United with Naxxar sharing the bottom spot with Melita, one point.
The Saints took the lead on 29 minutes when Brian Gambarte exchanged the ball with David Oliveira before serving Diogo Tavares on the right and the latter beat goalkeeper Matthias Debono with an angled shot.
Zabbar doubled the score on 77 minutes courtesy of David Oliveira who headed the ball home off a corner by Tavares from the right.
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