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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 24 AUGUST 2014 48 Sport FOOTBALL BOV Premier League Zebbug Rangers - Birkirkara............. 0-4 Sliema W. - Floriana ........................ 1-1 Naxxar L. - Balzan ........................... 1-1 Valletta - Tarxien Rainbows .............. 0-0 Today 18:30 Pieta Hotspurs - Mosta 20:30 Hibernians - Qormi England - Premier League Aston Villa - Newcastle Utd. ............. 0-0 Chelsea - Leicester City .................... 2-0 Crystal Palace - West Ham United ..... 1-3 Southampton - West B. Albion ......... 0-0 Swansea City - Burnley .................... 1-0 Everton - Arsenal ............................ 2-2 Today 14:30 Hull City - Stoke City 14:30 Tottenham H. - Queens P. Rangers 17:00 Sunderland - Manchester United Tomorrow 21:00 Manchester City - Liverpool Germany - Bundesliga Bayern Munich - Wolfsburg.............. 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt - Freiburg ........... 1-0 FC Cologne - Hamburger SV ............. 0-0 Hannover 96 - Schalke 04 ............... 2-1 Hertha Berlin - Werder Bremen ........ 2-2 Hoffenheim - Augsburg ................... 2-0 Borussia Dortmund - B. Leverkusen .. 0-2 Today 15:30 Paderborn - Mainz 05 17:30 Borussia M. - VfB Stuttgart Spain - Liga BBVA Malaga - Athletic Bilbao .................. 1-0 Granada - Deportivo La Coruna ........ 2-1 Sevilla - Valencia ............................ 1-1 Almeria - Espanyol .......................... Late Today 19:00 Elbar - Real Sociedad 21:00 Barcelona - Elche 21:00 Celta Vigo - Getafe 23:00 Levante - Villarreal Tomorrow 20:00 Real Madrid - Cordoba 22:00 Rayo Vallecano - Atletico Madrid France - Ligue 1 Evian T Gaillard - Paris St. Germain ... 0-0 Guingamp - Marseille ...................... 0-1 Bastia - Toulouse ............................ 1-0 Lille - Lorient .................................. 2-0 Montpellier - Metz ........................... 2-0 Nice - Bordeaux .............................. 1-3 Reims - Caen .................................. 0-2 Today 14:00 Lyon - Lens 17:00 Saint Etienne - Rennes 21:00 Nantes - Monaco Football results and fixtures Sliema salvage a point against Floriana Sliema Wanderers ...... 1 Floriana ................... 1 Sliema Wanderers and Floriana had to share the points after they played to a 1-1 draw. The first half was a very dull af- fair with both teams creating very little. Sliema had a great chance to score in the 16th minute when Andrea Pisanu's freekick hit the wood- work. Floriana finally managed to take the lead in the 50th minute when Piciollo made his way into the area to then easily lob the ball over the Sliema goalkeeper. Floriana's lead did not last too long as in the 72nd minute, off a cross by Trevor Cilia, Pisanu easily beat Floriana's goalkeeper to make the final score 1-1. SLIEM A WANDER ERS: Zammit, Muscat, Scozzese, Potezica, Scerri, Mifsud, Pisanu, Gatt Baldacchino, Paltemio Barbetti, Muscat, Bian- ciardi FLORIANA: Senatore, Moreira Cobo, Marcelina, Pisani, C. Borg , Plut, Piciollo, Brif fa, Farrugia, S. Borg , Bonnici Referee: Chris Lautier PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE BORG Birkirkara defeat Zebbug with ease Birkirkara .................. 4 Zebbug Rangers ......... 0 BIRKIRKARA easily collected all three points when they defeated newly-promoted Zebbug Rangers 4-0. Birkirkara made sure they were in command right from the start as they scored the first goal just after one minute of play. Off a pass by Paul Fenech, Leighton Grech easily beat goalkeeper Fabricio Rapchan dos Santos Morales with his shot. Birkirkara went close to scor- ing in the 11th minute, but Rafael Ledesma's effort hit the woodwork. Birkirkara doubled their lead with just two minutes remaining in the first half. Off a cross by Zach Mus- cat, Ellinton Costa Morais made no mistake with his fine header to make the score 2-0. On the 60th minute, Zebbug came close to reducing the gap when off a freekick, Mauricio Britto's effort gave a scare to goalkeeper Justin Haber. Birkirkara made it 3-0 in the 65th minute. Off a pass by Leight- on Grech to Eliandro dos Santos Gonzago, the latter then dribbled past the goalkeeper before scoring. The match was made sure they took all three point home on the 76th minute when they were awarded a penalty. Eliandro was brought down by Yessous Camill- eri inside the area and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. Rafael Ledsema converted from the penalty spot the make the final score 4-0. BIRKIRKARA: Justin Haber, Matheus Bissi Da Silva, Ellinton Antonio Costa Morais (70' Edward Herrera), Nikola Vukanac, Rafael Pompeo Rodrigues Ledesma, Eli- andro dos Santos Gonzaga, Paul Fenech, Zach Muscat, Ryan Sci- cluna, Leighton Grech, Ryan Ca- menzuli. Subs: Justin Tonna, Alejandro Men- doza Corujo, Antoine Borg, Andrea Curmi, Kurt Zammit, Russel Gatt De Raffaele. Coach: Paul Zammit ZEBBUG RANGERS: Fabricio Rapchan dos Santos Morales, Jacob Borg, Javier Serrano Diaz, Mat- thew Gauci, Yessous Camilleri, Clifford Gauci, Matthew Bartolo (67' Miguel Ciantar), Carlo Monti, Thomas Paris (61' Lee James Agius), Mauricio Osmar Rodrigues Britto (67' Craig Beattie), Matias Mucha- rdi, Subs: Jeffrey Farrugia, Melvin Farrugia, Lee Galea, Jean Claude Camilleri. Coach: Jesmond Zammit Referee: Marco Borg Ass referees: Duncan Sultana, Sammy Attard Fourth Official: Mario Apap Yellow Cards: Javi Dias, J. Borg, R. Scicluna Scorers: 1' Leighton Grech, 43' El- linton Costa Morais, 65' Eliandro dos Santos Gonzaga, 76'Rafael Ledesma pen BOV Player of the Match: Leighton Grech Download the MaltaToday App now YOUR FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.maltatoday.com.mt Coppa Italia: Cagliari win as Bari crash CAGLIARI made short work of Catania, Avellino upset Bari, but Varese only squeezed past Virtus Entella in the Coppa Italia. The Third Round of the Coppa Italia continued this evening and there are more fixtures on Sunday. The biggest shock of the night was Palermo's 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Mode- na. Zdenek Zeman's Cagliari made short work of recently- relegated Catania, as Marco Sau and Farias secured a 2-0 scoreline within the opening 16 minutes. The Sardinians will face Modena in the next round. Bari thought they had got the better of Avellino, but fumbled a half-time lead for a surprise 2-1 home defeat. Varese found it much more difficult than expected against Virtus Entella, waiting until the last minute for Neto's win- ning goal. Perugia pegged Spezia back with a late strike and turned the tie around completely in extra time. In the Fourth Round, Cagliari will play Modena, Atalanta-Avellino and Pes- cara-Sassuolo.