Sliema having four of their top players missing including their evergreen goalkeeper Luke Mallia could not offer any serious opposition to the current leaders. They did however manage to keep the score blank up to the 12 minute when after a fine dribble by the inimitable Josef Antonelli he made it easy for Kenneth Debattista to slot the ball home. On the 24th Sliema won a short corner from which Steve Cachia saw his effort just going wide. From here on Rabat were all over their opponents and on the 29th it came as no surprise when Kenneth Debattista deflected a hit by Kevin Micallef to score his and Rabats goal number two.
Between the 30th and the 35th Rabat made the score 5 -0 with three quick goals (Antonelli and Jason Vella x 2) all scored off rebounds.
In the second half Rabat eased their pressure; this allowed Sliema to come more into the picture, however it was always Rabat who were creating scoring chances with the occasional surge forward by Sliema.
In the 45th minute Azzopardi in Rabats goal saved well off a Dylan Lentini effort and on the 49th Sliema were denied a penalty stroke when Keith Vella was shoved off the ball. Three minutes later it was Matthew Buhagiar, Rabats stopper who deflected the ball off the goal line with Azzopardi beaten.
Rabat had to wait till the 61st to score goal no 6 when from a well executed short corner move it was Jonathan Seychell who fired home.
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