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50 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2014 Sport FOOTBALL SPORTTODAY Football fixtures BOV Premier League Naxxar Lions - Pieta Hotspurs .......... 4-0 Balzan - Valletta .............................. 0-2 Today Victor Tedesco Stadium 14:00 Tarxien Rainbows - Floriana 16:15 Mosta - Hibernians Tomorrow Hibernians Stadium 18:00 Zebbug Rangers - Qormi 20:00 Birkirkara - Sliema Wanderers England - Premier League Newcastle United - Liverpool ........... 1-0 Arsenal - Burnley ............................ 3-0 Chelsea - Queens Park Rangers ........ 2-1 Everton - Swansea City .................... 0-0 Hull City - Southampton .................. 0-1 Leicester City - WestB. Albion ........... 0-1 Stoke City - West Ham United ........... 2-2 Today 14:30 Manchester City - Manchester Utd. 17:00 Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur Tomorrow 21:00 Crystal Palace - Sunderland Italy - Serie A SSC Napoli - Roma........................... 2-0 Empoli - Juventus ............................ 0-2 Parma - Inter................................... 2-0 Today 15:00 ChievoVerona - Sassiolo 15:00 Sampdoria - Fiorentina 15:00 Torino - Atalanta 15:00 Udinese - Genoa 20:45 Milan - Palermo Victor Tedesco Stadium 19:00 Cesena - Hellas Verona 21:00 Lazio - Cagliari Germany - Bundesliga Schalke 04 - Augsburg .................... 1-0 Hamburger SV - Bayer Leverkusen .... 1-0 Hannover 96 - Eintracht Frankfurt .... 1-0 Mainz 05 - Werder Bremen .............. 1-2 VfB Stuttgart - Wolfsburg ................. 0-4 Bayern Munich - B. Dortmund .......... 2-1 Today 15:30 B. Monchengladbach - Hoffenheim 17:30 FC Cologne - Freiburg 17:30 Paderborn - Hertha Berlin Spain - Liga BBVA Deportivo La Coruna - Getafe ........... 1-2 Granada - Real Madrid ..................... 0-4 Atletico Madrid - Cordoba ................ 4-2 Barcelona - Celta Vigo ..................... 0-1 Real Sociedad - Malaga ................... Late Today 12:00 Athletic Bilbao - Sevilla 17:00 Villarreal - Valencia 19:00 Levante - Almeria 21:00 Elche - Espanyol Tomorrow 20:45 Rayo Vallecano - Eibar France- Ligue 1 Monaco - Reims .............................. 1-1 Lorient - Paris Saint Germain ............ 1-2 Guingamp - Bastia .......................... 1-0 Lille - Saint Etienne ......................... 1-1 Metz - Caen .................................... 3-2 Montpellier - Evian T. Gaillard ........... 2-0 Nice - Lyon ..................................... 1-3 Today 14:00 Nantes - Rennes 17:00 Bordeaux - Toulouse 21:00 Marseille - Lens Valletta defeat Balzan to move third Valletta ...................... 2 Balzan ........................ 0 VALLETTA have moved up to third place, level on points with Balzan, after defeating the latter 2-0. Bal- zan are going through a negative spell as in their last four matches they have played to a draw three times and were defeated once. Valletta were the better side from the start. They came close to scoring in the 24th minute when Abdelka- rim Nafti tried to lob the ball over goalkeeper Steve Sultana but missed the target. Balzan replied in the 32nd minute when a shot by Oscar Guerrero was saved by Valletta's goalkeeper, Nicholas George Vella. Valletta managed to take the lead in the 34th minute when, off a cross by Hamza Barry, Abdelkarim Nafti served Roderick Briffa who then went on to beat goalkeeper Steve Sultana with his shot. Valletta continued to press in the second half. In the 58th minute, off a cross by Roderick Briffam, Kooh Sohna had his shot blocked by Sultana. Ten minutes later, Llywelyn Cremona had his shot saved by goalkeeper Steve Sultana. Sultana was producing some great goalkeeping as he blocked a powerful shot by Roderick Briffa in the 76th minute and off the re- bound Elford-Alliyu had his effort saved by Sultana. Valletta came close to scoring again in the 80th minute when Ro- derick Briffa served Ryan Camill- eri, whose shot scraped past the post. The match turned for the worse for Balzan in the 83rd minute when they were reduced to 10 men. Osa Ice-Cream Guobadia pushed Elford-Alliyu just outside the area. From the freekick, Ryan Fenech beat Sultana after a defender de- f lected the ball to make the score 2-0. VALLETTA Nicholas George Vella, Jonathan Caruana, Ian Azzopardi, Steve Borg, Ryan Camilleri, Ryan Fenech, Raphael Kooh Sohna (65' Llywelyn Cremona), Roderick Brif- fa, Lateef Elford-Alliyu, Hamza Barry (81' Luke Dimech), Abdelka- rim Nafti (72' Shaun Bajada). Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Luke Montebello, Christian Caruana, Alex Barbosa Terra. Coach: Gilbert Agius BALZAN Steve Sultana, Justin Grioli (69' Ryan Darmanin), Steve Bezzina, Fredrick Nonso Odebe (46' Luke Sciberras), Edison David Bilbao Zarate, Osa Ice-Cream Guobadia, Samir Arab, Clive Brin- cat, Oscar Dario Guerrero, Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza (61' Lydon Micallef ), Gianmarco Piccioni Subs not used: Christian Cassar, Michael Borg, Shaun Bugeja, Sean Cipriott. Coach: Oliver Spiteri Referee: Adrian Azzopardi Assistant Referees: Mitchell Scer- ri, Christopher Francalanza Fourth Official: Mario Apap Scorers: 34' Roderick Briffa, 85' Ryan Fenech Yellow Cards: Guerrero, Briffa, Nafti, Grioli, Kooh Sohna Red Cards: 83' Osa Ice-Cream Guobadia BOV Player of the Match: Steve Sultana PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS MANGION