Valletta put three past Qormi

It was the perfect response for title contenders Hibernians who defeated Melita 3-1 in the earlier match.

Valletta did not waste anytime as they took the lead on the sixth minute. Roderick Briffa served Ryan Fenech with a perfect pass to have the latter beat goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia with his shot.

Valletta kept on pressing and almost scored on the 26th minute when William Barbosa hit the woodwork with his shot.

Valletta doubled the score on the 45th minute when Ryan Fenech scored his second of the evening.

The second half was totally dominated by Valletta leaving no chance for Qormi to get on the scoreboard.

On the 83rd minute, Valletta sealed all three points when Ryan Fenech served Roderick Briffa who went on the beat goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia with his low shot.
Ryan Fenech was voted BOV Player of the Match.

VALLETTA Manuel Bartolo, Steve Borg, Dyson Falzon, Jonathan Caruana, Ricardo Barreto da Rocha Filho, William Barbosa, Joao Gabriel da Silva, Shaun Bajada (73' Michael Mifsud), Ryan Fenech (83' Edmond Agius), Denni Rocha dos Santos (41' Leandro da Silva Almeida), Roderick Briffa.
Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Ian Azzopardi, Ian Zammit, Kurt Magro.
Coach: Mark Miller
Asst. Coach: Gilbert Agius

QORMI Matthew Farrugia, Kris Thackray, Roderick Sammut, Matthew Bartolo, Joseph Chetcuti (80' Gabriel Buttigieg), Abubakar Bello-Osagie (46' Gaetan Spiteri), Matthew Gauci, Sebastian Siritto, Jonathan Bondin, Alessio Cassar, Vincenzo Pisani (61' Leighton Grech).
Subs not used: Steve Sultana, Carmelo Farrugia, Jeremy Farrugia, Kane Guedjouma.
Coach: Stephen Azzopardi

Referee: Alan Mario Sant
Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spiteri, Paul Apap
Fourth Official: Paul Caruana
Yellow Cards: Bondin, Thackray, Pisani, Ricardo Filho
Scorers: 6' Ryan Fenech; 45' Ryan Fenech; 83' Roderick Briffa