Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Naxxar Lions (2nd, 60 pts) held a 23-point advantage over Attard (5th, 37 pts). Attard ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Per game in the league, Attard were scoring 1.39 and conceding 1.61, Naxxar Lions 2.15 and 1.04, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Naxxar Lions, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Sirens Stadium in St. Paul's Bay, capacity 1,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Naxxar Lions led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.