Match Date: Sunday, 17 October 2010
Kick-Off Time: 09:00 AM
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
Starting Line-Ups
| Rabat | Zebbug | ||
| 3 | Christopher Schembri | 4 | Keith Xuereb |
| 5 | Joseph Caruana | 6 | Fabio Cauchi |
| 6 | Yessous Camilleri | 8 | Haruna Doda |
| 7 | Justin Felice | 9 | Omar Rababah |
| 8 | Alan Zahra | 12 | Jonathan Vella [GK] |
| 10 | Adam Smeir [CAPT] | 13 | George Saliba |
| 13 | Dylan Falzon | 16 | Victor Fiteni |
| 14 | Christian Muscat | 20 | Clint Caruana |
| 20 | Rio Micallef | 21 | Errol Cachia |
| 21 | David Azzopardi | 26 | Elton Calleja |
| 25 | Ivan Cassar [GK] | 27 | Gordon Mallia [CAPT] |
| Reserves | |||
| 1 | Jonathan Azzopardi [GK] | 5 | Gilbert Scerri |
| 4 | Josef Tonna | 10 | Mark Anthony Deguara |
| 9 | Adrian Mifsud | 11 | Joseph Mercieca |
| 11 | William Borg | 12 | Philip Attard [GK] |
| 15 | Adam Wingfield | 15 | Eric Sciberras |
| 16 | Kevin Cassar | 25 | Darren Farrugia |
| 17 | Emanuel Muscat | 28 | Bjorn Chetcuti |
| Coach | |||
| Silvio Vella | Gordon Camilleri | ||
Rabat Substitutions
| 40' | William Borg < Alan Zahra |
Zebbug Substitutions
| 65' | Mark Anthony Deguara < Haruna Doda |
| 67' | Gilbert Scerri < Fabio Cauchi |
| 70' | Joseph Mercieca < Victor Fiteni |
Referee actions for Rabat
| 57' | Adrian Mifsud | Yellow Card |
| 64' | Justin Felice | Goal |
| 69' | Justin Felice | Goal |
| 74' | Christopher Schembri | Yellow Card |
Referee actions for Zebbug
| 45' | Fabio Cauchi | Yellow Card |
| 56' | Not Known | Yellow Card |
| 67' | Victor Fiteni | Yellow Card |
| Corners | Offsides | |
| Rabat | 1 | 2 |
| Zebbug | 1 | 3 |
Match Report
| 1' | Justin Felice extends the pass with his head to Alan Zahra, who sends a low cross into the penalty area. No one is available and danger is avoided by Zebbug |
| 5' | Haruna Doda sends a dangerous low cross into the penalty area. Ball is cleared away by Rabat defence |
| 23' | Christian Muscat sends a high pass to Justin Felice outside the penalty area. Justin Felice controls the ball and passes the ball to Adam Smeir who takes a first timer shot but ends up onto a Zebbug defender |
| 25' | Justin Felice steals an excellent ball in the corner-kick area. He enters into the penalty area and gives a through ball to Adam Smeir. The assistant referee signals for an offside position |
| 30' | From the back of the pitch, Christopher Schembri sends a ball to Christian Muscat on the left flank. Christian Muscat moves with the ball and then sends a cross into the penalty area. Ball is cleared by Zebbug defenders |
| 32' | From about 25 to 20 meters distance, Joseph Caruana takes a personal shot into the top right corner. The Zebbug goalkeeper performs an excellent save but does not control the ball. Adam Smeir tries to send the ball into the back of the net, but the goalkeeper makes another save to leave the result still on stalemate |
| 34' | Errol Cachia sends a ball into the penalty area from a free-kick. Rabat defenders partially clear the ball. Another Zebbug player attempts to score but sends ball out of range |
| 35' | From the back of the pitch, Christopher Scembri sends an excellent long cross to Alan Zahra. He runs with the ball and sends a low cross to Adam Smeir. Smeir takes a personal shot but ends up on a defender |
| 40' | Rabat are forced to perform their first substitution of the match due to an injury. Alan Zahra is substituted by William Borg |
| 40' | Justin Felice tries a personal shot but its weak and central |
| 45' | Fabio Cauchi is shown the yellow card for holding Joseph Caruana from the shirt |
| 46' | Zebbug take a free-kick, but ball is easily saved by Ivan Cassar |
| 47' | Adam Smeir sends a through ball to Justin Felice. Zebbug goalkeeper manages to reach the ball before the Rabat striker |
| 50' | Zebbug take a dangerous free-kick, but Ivan Cassar denies the goal by punching excellently the ball out of danger |
| 56' | A Zebbug player is shown the yellow card for a bad tackle |
| 57' | On the bench, Adrian Mfisud is shown the yellow card for complaining with the referee |
| 64' | Christian Muscat sends a dangerous cross into the penalty area. Jusin Felice takes a superb scissors kick to taken in advantage the Rabat side and to score an absolutely fantastic goal |
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| 65' | Zebbug perform their first substitution of the match. Mark Anthony Caruana enters instead of Haruna Doda |
| 67' | Victor Fiteni is shown the yellow card for a bad tackle on Joseph Caruana |
| 67' | Zebbug perform their second substitution of the match. Gilbert Scerri enters instead of Fabio Cauchi |
| 68' | Christopher Schembri finds some empty space a takes a personal shot. Shot is weak and central |
| 69' | David Azzopardi gives an excellent through ball to Adam Smeir. He runs with the ball and passes the ball to the well posititoned Justin Felice. Justin Felice concludes into the back of the net to increase the lead by another goal and to score his personal second goal of the match |
| 70' | Zebbug perform their third and last substitution of the match. Joseph Mercieca enters instead of Victor Fiteni |
| 74' | Christopher Schembri is shown the yellow card after complaining with the referee for a dubious foul' |
| 88' | From a short corner, Adam Smeir receives the ball. He sends a low cross into the penalty area. Justin Felice takes a difficult shot, and ball ends up on the inside of the post to deny the third goal of the match |
| 90' | While spaces opened up for Rabat, a counter attack is started by Adam Smeir. He passes the ball to Joseph Caruana, who continues the ball to David Azzopardi. He tries a through ball to Adam Smeir, but opportunity is wasted since pass is too long to reach |
| 90' | Referee blows the final whistle for a final score of two goals against nothing. Ivan Cassar is awarded the clean-sheet award |
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