Birkirkara’s good run of results come to an end

Sliema went ahead in the additional time prior to half time when they were awarded a penalty after Joseph Zerafa fouled John Mintoff inside the penalty area. From the resulting penalty, Alex Muscat made no mistake.

The Wanderers doubled the score on the 76th minute. Mathias Muchardi fired a shot that was partially saved by Kopric. The rebound fell for Michel Wisdom Salamon Aka who fired home.

Ten minutes later, the stripes managed to pull one back when Frank Temile finished a close range effort past goalkeeper Glenn Zammit.

Sliema starting line-up: Giuseppe Sarao, Alex Muscat, Gary Muir, Aidan Friggieri, Beppe Muscat, Michel Salomon Wisdom, Mathias Muchardi, John Mintoff, Mark Scerri, Milos Galin, Marko Potezica.

Birkirkara starting line-up: Miroslav Korpic, Gareth Sciberras, Mislav Andelkovic, Srdjan Dimitrov, Vito Plut, Nikola Vukanac, Frank Temile, Joseph Zerafa, Ryan Scicluna, Cain Attard, Predrag Jovic.

Referee: Esther Azzopardi
Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Thomas Debono
Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit

BOV player of the match: Mathias Muchardi (Sliema)