Qormi defeat sluggish Birkirkara

Qormi were the better side during the match and even with a man down, they showed they still stayed in control of the match.

In the first half, both sides failed to score with Qormi creating the majority of the action in front of goal.

On the 55th minute, Birkirkara failed to take advantage of Qormi being reduced to ten men when Stuart Duff was sent off for receiving his second yellow card.

On the 58th minute, Qormi took the lead when Abubakar Bello-Osagie served Jorge Pereira da Silva who then beat goalkeeper Aleksander Canovic with his powerful shot.

On the 72nd minute, Qormi continued to show their dominance when Jonathan Bondin served Jorge Pereira da Silva to have the latter lob the ball over the goalkeeper to give Qormi a two goal lead and score his second goal of the match.

The match went from bad to worse for Birkirkara as substitute Leighton Grech was sent off for receiving his second yellow card.
Jorge Pereira da Silva was voted BOV Player of the Match.

QORMI Steve Sultana, Roderick Sammut, Matthew Bartolo, Joseph Chetcuti (63' Jeffrey Chetcuti), Stuart Duff, Luke Sciberras, Kenneth Scicluna, Jonathan Bondin, Jorge Pereira da Silva (90 2′ Charlon Sammut), Stephen Wellman, Abubakar Bello-Osagie (88′ Dino Cachia).
Subs not used: Matthew Farrugia, Carmelo Farrugia, Ranier Buhagiar, Christian Briffa.
Coach: Stephen Azzopardi

B‘KARA Aleksandar Canovic, Terence Vella (81′ Ryan Scicluna), Rodrigo Pereira (72‘ Shola Haruna Shodiya), Angus Buhagiar, Paul Fenech, Trevor Cilia, Joseph Zerafa, Dragan Perisic, Gareth Sciberras, Moises Avila Perez, Alan Tabone (63‘ Leighton Grech).
Subs not used: Jorge Mora, Ryan Camenzuli, Andrew Decesare, Shaun Bajada.
Coach: Paul Zammit
Asst. Coach: Peter Pullicino

Referee: Paul Caruana
Assistant Referees: Mariano Debono, Chris Francalanza
Fourth Official: Malcolm Spiteri
Yellow Cards: Perisic, Tabone, Duff, Sciberras, Grech
Red Cards: 55' Stuart Duff, 82′ Leighton Grech
Scorers: 58', 72' Jorge Pereira da Silva