In the sole Premier encounter on Friday night, Hamrun Spartans returned to perform impressively, beating Gzira United 11-1.

This was their third win which put them in the second place, together with Balzan.

Hamrun were quick to cut them off, as they ended the first half 5-1 .

In the second half, Hamrun netted six more goals, making the end result 11-1.

The man of the match was Hamrun’s Rogerio Dos Santos Filho who scored four great goals.  Chris Cardona, Mohammed Abdusala Elamari, Andy Mangion, Robert Fenech, Michael Spiteri and Jovica Milijic also scored for Hamrun Spartans.

Gzira’s only goal was scored by Sean Vella.