Valletta suffer first defeat of the season against Mosta

The last four matches all ended in draws for Valletta and now they remain one point behind Birkirkara in the BOV Premier League standings.

Valletta started the match on a positive note as they almost scored on the seventh minute. A freekick by William Barbosa hit the woodwork.

On the 16th minute, Mosta were also denied by the woodwork when Daniel Bogdanovic's shot hit the post.

Valletta went close to scoring on the 29th minute when Denni Rocha dos Santos shot his the crossbar.

Mosta started the second half on the attack and they managed to score on the 54th minute. Daniel Bogdanovic passed to Obinna Obiefule to have the latter make no mistake and beat goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo with his shot.

Valletta could not get back into the match and Mosta easily protected their one goal lead to secure all three points.

With this result Mosta move up to fourth place on 22 points, five behind league leaders Birkirkara.

Daniel Bogdanovic was voted BOV Player of the Match.

VALLETTA Manuel Bartolo, Dyson Falzon, Ian Azzopardi, Jonathan Caruana, William Barbosa, Edmond Agius (71' Ian Zammit), Ryan Fenech (46' Michael Mifsud), Denni Rocha dos Santos, Leandro da Silva Ameida (83' Riccardo Barreto da Rocha Filho), Joao Gabriel da Silva, Roderick Briffa.
Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Kurt Magro, Shaun Bajada, Llywelyn Cremona.
Coach: Mark Miller
Asst. Coach: Gilbert Agius
MOSTA Justin Haber, Manolito Micallef, Steve Bezzina, Steve Onyii Chiemeka, Luke Dimech, Carlos Campagnoli, Ryan Grech (55' Firas Aboulezz), Ousseni Zongo, Daniel Bogdanovic, Obinna Obiefule, Jonathan Bajada (72' Alex Cini).
Subs not used: Noel Attard, Ferdinando Apap, David Maia dos Santos, Danial Mitev, Bryan Agius.
Coach: Steve D'Amato

Referee: Glenn Tonna
Assistant Referees: Mariano Debono, Thomas Debono
Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit
Yellow Cards: Campagnoli, Briffa, R. Grech, Gabriel, Aboulezz
Scorers: 54' Obinna Obiefule