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29 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 JANUARY 2019 BOV PREMIER LEAGUE SPORTS FOOTBALL GZIRA dropped points again as the Maroons were held by Hamrun Spar- tans in a 1-1 draw. The Spartans took the lead on the 14th minute. Njongo Priso served Mar- co Criaco and the latter fired a diagonal shot that ended up past Justin Haber. However, Gzira hit back and man- aged to clinch a late equaliser. Follow- ing a corner, Gianmarco Conti's acro- batic effort stunned Manuel Bartolo. Gzira starting line-up: Justin Haber, Zachary Scerri, Rodolfo Soares, An- drew Cohen, Juan Carlos Corbalan, Roderick Briffa, Gianmarco Conti, Sa- cha Borg, Justin Junior Mengolo, Fer- nando Barbosa Pereira, Haruna Garba Hamrun starting line-up: Manuel Bartolo, Enrico Pepe, Triston Caruana, Sebastian Nayar, Wilfried Domoraud, Matthew Gauci, Njongo Priso, Marco Criaco, Karl Micallef, Donnell Mouk- anza, Orestic Nikolopoulos Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Christopher Francalanza, Paul Apap Fourth Official: Etienne Mangion FLORIANA collected another point as they shared the spoils with Sliema Wanderers in a 1-1 draw. Floriana scored the opening goal of the match on the 21st minute. Arthur Oyama's cross was met by Lucas Vieira who headed past Jake Galea. Sliema hit back and equalised on the 72nd minute. Frank Temille slotted the ball inside the net following a cross by Michele Sansone. Sliema Wanderers starting line- up: Jake Galea, Matias Muchardi, Kurt Shaw, Mark Scerri, Jefferson de Assis, Michele Sansone, Stefan Cassar, Clau- dio Pani, Goran Adamovic, Stefano Bi- anciardi, Younes Marzouk Floriana starting line-up: Ini Etim Akpan, Enzo Ruiz, Brandon Paiber, Ti- ago Galvao, Alex Cini, Ulises Arias, Ar- thur Henrique Oyama, Gaston Cesani, Terrence Vella, Emerson Marcelina, Lucas Vieira Referee: Fyodor Zammit Assistant Referees: Roberto Vella, Duncan Sultana Fourth Official: Philip Farrugia Maroons held to a draw by Hamrun Spartans Sliema Wanderers and Floriana share spoils PHOTO BY CHRISTINE BORG PHOTO BY DOMINIC BORG WARREN ZAMMIT TARXIEN climbed to eighth in the table as they registered a 2-1 win over St Andrews. The second match at the Hibernians stadium saw the teams of Tarxien and St An- drews facing off each other. This was also a direct encoun- ter between two teams who are aspiring to finish at mid- way through the table. Prior to the match, only one point separated the two sides. The Rainbows shared the spoils with Gzira in their pre- vious match. St Andrews also took a point from their last match as they drew level with Mosta. Tarxien's match took a set back after less than a minute. Thomas Veronese suffered an injury and had to be replaced by Luke Grech. St Andrews threatened Tarxien after four minutes. Martin Davis sent Kemar Re- id through on the right flank and the latter drilled a low shot that sailed wide. Tarxien hit back and broke the deadlock on the 24th minute. Ricardo Silva Faria's cross was met by Michele Paolucci who slotted the ball inside the net. St Andrews replied one min- ute prior to half-time. From a free-kick, Degran Jackson delivered a cross towards An- drian Borg whose powerful header failed to hit the target. Tarxien made a great start to the second half as they doubled their advantage on the 48th minute. Faria fired a stunning shot from distance that gave Mat- thew Calleja Cremona no chance. St Andrews pulled one back five minutes later. Following a corner, Daniel Zerafa was judged to have pushed Borg and the referee pointed to- wards the spot. Davis stepped up and converted. Supporters of both sides had to wait till the 72nd minute in order to witness another chance on goal. Degran Jack- son drilled a low shot that was parried by Andrea Cassar. Chances remained scarce during the remaining min- utes. St Andrews decided to increase their efforts in attack in their attempts to equalise; however, Tarxien defended well as they took home the three points. Following this result, Tarx- ien climbed eighth ahead of St Andrews and Floriana. Tarxien Rainbows start- ing line-up: Andrea Cassar, Thomas Veronese, Jens Al- exander Wemmer, Juan Gill Cruz, Daniel Zerafa, Matthew Spiteri, Michele Paolucci, Gabriel Aquilina, Siraj Eddin Arab, Anderson De Barros, Ricardo Silva Faria St Andrews starting line- up: Matthew Calleja Cre- mona, Alexander Satariano, Kevyn Mcfarlane, Ricardo Martin, Aidan Jake Friggieri, Kemar Reid, Adrian Borg, Amoy Brown, Martin Davis, Degran Jackson, Matthew Woo Ling Referee: Emanuel Grech Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spiteri, Darko Stankovic Fourth Official: Ishmael Barbara BOV Player of the Match: Ricardo Silva Faria (Tarxien) Tarxien move up to eighth