MFPA were held to a 6-6 scoreline from Birkirkara St Helen’s in the penultime match day of the VMFA Cisk Championship Pool in a highly contested game.
The Malta Football Players Association now need just one point from their last game against Hibernians in order to retain the title they had won last season.
Birkirkara St Helen’s were good in their counterattacks as they managed to score on six occasions. They had Ayrton Buhagiar notching a hat-trick while Daniel Cremona and Christian Caruana also put their names down among the scorers.
MFPA responded with doubles from Thomas Paris and Branko Nisevic with Gareth Sciberras and Roderick Bajada also on target.
Gzira United Veterans secured a good 7-2 win against Hibernians to keep their title hopes alive.
The league’s top scorer Ian Zammit and Andrew Xuereb scored twice each while David Azzopardi, Dino Cachia and Trevor Cilia also found the net.
The Paolites had Mauro Brincat and Ilia Nazarov who reduced the scoring margin for their team.
Żurrieq Wolves got a good 7-5 win against Luxol in the only game from the VMFA Challenge Pool.
The Wolves were losing this game at some point but they managed to turn the score in their favour to get the three important points.
Clarence John Thompson was the protagonist for Żurrieq Wolves when he scored a hat-trick with Robert Zammit helping himself with a brace. Alex Abdilla and an own goal by Michael Galea tied the score for their team.
Luxol had Luke Satariano scoring three goals with Beppe Antignolo and Manolito Micallef adding two more for their team.
Standings – VMFA Cisk Championship Pool
MFPA 40, Gżira United Veterans 38, Birkirkara St Helen’s 33, Hibernians 19.
Standings – VMFA Cisk Challenge Pool
Rabat Veterans 23, Luxol 17, Żurrieq Wolves 9
