Tarxien Rainbows chalk up first point

SENGLEA ATHLETIC 2

Zamble 34, Teixeira 90

TARXIEN RAINBOWS 2

Ciantar 68, Mambouana 75

Tarxien Rainbows were seconds away from claiming their first win this season but a goal five minutes in added time enabled Senglea Athletic to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw.

The Rainbows therefore had to settle for a draw after losing the first eleven matches of their Premier League campaign. It was one of their best performance this season. At times, Demis Scerri’s side showed great determination and to a certain extent, they could consider themselves unlucky not to take home the three points.

Senglea, on the other hand, failed to impress. They have now gone six matches without a win, collecting just two points in the process.

For Senglea, Marcelo Dias and Marko were both ruled out through suspension but Elvis Sakyi, Sean Cipriott and Wilfried Zamble were back in the starting line-up as Mario Muscat made five changes to the team which lost to Gudja last week. Leighton Grech and Jan Tanti were also drafted in after being included as substitutes in the previous game.

On the other hand, Tarxien had two changes as Daniel Zerafa and Jairo Andres Tenorio replaced Marko Stanojevic and the suspended...