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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2014 48 Sport FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD SPORTTODAY Football fixtures BOV Premier League Pieta Hotspurs - Zebbug Rangers ..... 1-0 Hibernians - Birkirkara .................... 1-0 Qormi - Tarxien Rainbows ................ 1-0 Floriana - Mosta .............................. 3-2 Today Victor Tedesco Stadium 15:00 Valletta - Naxxar Lions 17:15 Sliema Wanderers - Balzan England - Premier League West Ham United - Manchester C...... 2-1 Liverpool - Hull City ......................... 0-0 Southampton - Stoke City ................ 1-0 Sunderland - Arsenal ...................... 0-2 West B. Albion - Crystal Palace ......... 2-2 Swansea City - Leicester City ............ 2-0 Today 14:30 Burnley - Everton 14:30 Tottenham H. - Newcastle United 18:00 Manchester U. - Chelsea Tomorrow 21:00 Queens Park Rangers - Aston Villa Italy - Serie A Empoli - Cagliari ............................. 0-4 Parma - Sassuolo ............................ 1-3 Sampdoria - Roma .......................... 0-0 Today 15:00 ChievoVerona - Genoa 15:00 Juventus - Palermo 15:00 Udinese - Atalanta 18:00 Cesena - Inter 18:00 Lazio - Torino 18:00 SSC Napoli - Hellas Verona 20:45 AC Milan - Fiorentina Germany - Bundesliga Werder Bremen - FC Cologne ........... 0-1 Augsburg - Freiburg ........................ 2-0 Borussia Dortmund - Hannover 96 ... 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt - VfB Stuttgart ..... 4-5 Hertha Berlin - Hamburger SV .......... 3-0 Hoffenheim - Paderborn .................. 1-0 B. Leverkusen - Schalke 04 .............. 1-0 Today 15:30 Wolfsburg - Mainz 05 17:30 B. Monchengladbach - Bayern M. Spain - Liga BBVA Celta Vigo - Levante ......................... 3-0 Almeria - Athletic Bilbao .................. 0-1 Real Madrid - Barcelona .................. 3-1 Valencia - Elche .............................. 3-1 Cordoba - Real Sociedad .................. Late Elbar - Granada ............................... Late Today 12:00 Malaga - Rayo Vallecano 17:00 Espanyol - Deportivo La Coruna 19:00 Sevilla - Villarreal 21:00 Getafe - Atletico Madrid France- Ligue 1 Toulouse - Lens .............................. 0-2 Paris S. Germain - Bordeaux ............. 3-0 Bastia - Monaco .............................. 1-3 Caen - Lorient ................................. 2-1 Evian T. Gaillard - Nantes ................. 0-2 Reims - Montpellier ......................... 1-0 Today 14:00 Rennes - Lille 17:00 Guingamp - Nice 17:00 Saint Etienne - Metz 21:00 Lyon - Marseille Hibernians defeat Birkirkara in top of the table clash Hibernians ...................1 Birkirkara ....................0 LEAGUE leaders Hibernians de- feated Birkirkara 1-0 to move seven points clear in the BOV Premier League standings. With this victory, Hibernians extend their unbeaten run to nine matches while this defeat for Birkirkara was their third in nine matches. Hibernians started the match on the attack. In the 7th minute a shot by Clayton Failla hit the woodwork and then was cleared to safety. Birkirkara's Matheus Bissi da Sil- va went close with his freekick just two minutes later. In the 10th minute, Hibernians managed to take the lead. Jorge Pereira da Silva made his way past Nikola Vukanac to serve Edison Luis Dos Santos who then beat goalkeeper Justin Haber with his shot. In the 18th minute, Birkirkara went close to scoring when Ryan Scicluna's shot went just over the crossbar. Just before the end of the first half, a cross by Clayton Failla was not held by goalkeeper Justin Hab- er but a defender managed to clear the ball to safety. In the second half, Birkirkara started to pile on more pressure to try to score the equaliser. Shola Haruna Shodiya had his shot from outside the area blocked by Hiber- nians goalkeeper Henry Bonello. In the 59th minute Edison Luis Dos Santos' overhead kick went just wide. Hibernians almost doubled their lead in the 84th minute when Jorge Pereira da Silva made his way into the area before having his shot saved brilliantly by Justin Haber. In added time, Jurgen Degabriele had another chance to score for Hibernians, but Birkirkara's Justin Haber produced another brilliant save. HIBERNIANS: Henry Bonello, Timothy Tabone Desira, Rui Gomes da Gracia, Jackson da Lima Siqui- era, Rodolfo Soares, Andrew Cohen (86' Jonathan Pearson), Bjorn Kris- tensen, Clayton Failla, Andrei Ag- ius, Edison Luis Dos Santos, Jorge Da Silva Periera (90+2 Jurgen De- gabriele). Subs not used: Jurgen Borg, Keith Tanti, Dunstan Vella, Zach Scerri, Isaac Briffa. Coach: Branko Nisevic BIRKIRKAR A: Justin Haber, Matheus Bissi da Silva (30' Shola Haruna Shodiya), Nikola Vukanac, Alejandro Mendoza Corujo, Ra- fael Pompeo Rodriguez Ledesema, Paul Fenech, Zach Muscat, Ryan Scicluna (84' Leighton Grech), Ed- ward Herrera, Ryan Camenzuli (73' Edmond Agius), Ellinton Antonio Costa Morais. Subs not used: Ini Etim Akpan, Antoine Borg, Andrea Curmi, Kurt Zammit. Referee: Andre Arciola Assistant Referees: Alan Camill- eri, Roberto Vella Fourth Official Referees: Alan Mario Sant Yellow Cards: Failla, Z. Muscat BOV Player of the Match: Edison Luis dos Santos Scorers: 10' Edison Luis dos Santos Qormi defeat Tarxien to continue positive run Qormi ...........................1 Tarxien Rainbows ..........0 QORMI continued their positive run as they defeated Tarxien Rain- bows 1-0. Qormi have now regis- tered their third consecutive vic- tory while Tarxien are surely not happy after they produced good performances against Hibernians and Birkirkara. The first 30 minutes of play were fairly quiet until the first attempt on goal arrived in the 32nd minute when Qormi's Anderson Michele Quatrochi Santos' powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Sean Cini. The second half immediately started with drama when Qormi were awarded a penalty. Tarxien's goalkeeper Sean Cini brought Frank Temile down inside the area and was sent off. From the penalty spot Alfred Effiong made no mis- take to give Qormi the lead. Qormi continued to dominate the match till the end to collect all three points. QORMI Matthew Farrugia, Jonathan Bondin, Mauricio Ma- tias Latini Mazzetti, Steve Agius, Duncan Pisani (82' Emerson Vella), Anderson Michele Quatrochi San- tos, Joseph Chetcuti (86' Carmelo Farrugia), Zoran Levnajic, Bjorn Bondin, Alfred Effiong, Frank Tem- ile (90' Albert Bruce). Subs not used: Jurgen Cilia, Ales- sio Cassar, Karl Sciortino, Ryan Micallef. Coach: Josef Mansueto TARXIEN R AINBOWS Sean Cini, Kane Paul Farrugia (46' Antonio Chetcuti), Manuel Caruana (71' Luke Aquilina), Alvaro Andre Ro- drigues Silva, Cleber Barbosa Vi- ana, Triston Caruana, Ryan Sam- mut, Alexander Cini, Manuel Xerri (46'Luke Zahra), Alessandro Lopes Pereira, Jorge Santos Silva. Subs not used: Jonathan Debono, Steve Sadowski, Silas Caruana, Ni- gel Vella. Coach: Clive Mizzi Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spiteri, David Castillo Fourth Official: Adrian Azopardi Yellow Cards: Levnaic, Jorge San- tos, Anderson Santos, B. Bondin, Alvaro Silva Red Cards: 46' Sean Cini BOV Player of the Match: Alfred Effiong