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38 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2014 Sport FOOTBALL Football Results & Fixtures BOV Premier League Naxxar Lions - Tarxien Rainbows ...... 0-1 Zebbug Rangers - Floriana ............... 1-4 Pieta Hotspurs - Hibernians ............. 0-3 Balzan - Mosta ............................... 1-0 Today National Stadium 14:00 Birkirkara - Qormi 16:00 Valletta - Sliema Wanderers England - Premier League Manchester City - Crystal Palace ....... 3-0 Aston Villa - Manchester United ....... 1-1 Hull City - Swansea ......................... 0-1 Queens P. Rangers - West B. Albion .. 3-2 Southampton - Everton ................... 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur - Burnley ........... 2-1 West Ham United - Leicester City ...... 2-0 Today 14:30 Newcastle United - Sunderland 17:00 Liverpool - Arsenal Tomorrow 21:00 Stoke city - Chelsea Italy - Serie A Sassuolo - Cesena ........................... 1-1 Roma - AC Milan .............................. 0-0 Today 12:30 Hellas Verona - ChievoVerona 15:00 Atalanta - Palermo 15:00 Fiorentina - Empoli 15:00 Sampdoria - Udinese 15:00 Torino - Genoa 20:45 Inter - Lazio Spain - Liga BBVA Barcelona - Cordona ....................... 5-0 Levante - Real Sociedad .................. 1-1 Eibar - Valencia ............................... 0-1 Rayo Vallecano - Espanyol ............... 1-3 Today 12:00 Villarreal - Deportivo La Coruna 17:00 Granada - Getafe 19:00 Elche - Malaga 21:00 Athletic Bilbao - Atletico Madrid Germany - Bundesliga Augsburg - B. Moenchengladbach ... 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen - Eintracht F. ........ 1-1 Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV ............. 0-0 VfB Stuttgart - Paderborn ................. 0-0 Werder Bremen - B. Dortmund ......... 2-1 Wolfsburg - FC Cologne ................... 2-1 Today 15:30 Hertha Berlin - Hoffenheim 17:30 Freiburg - Hannover 96 France- Ligue 1 Paris Saint Germain - Montpellier ..... 0-0 Caen - Bastia .................................. 1-1 Lorient - Nantes .............................. 1-2 Metz - Monaco ................................ 0-1 Rennes - Reims ............................... 1-3 Toulouse - Guingamp ...................... 1-1 Today 14:00 Marseille - Lille 17:00 Saint Etienne - Evian T. Gaillard 21:00 Bordeaux - Lyon Balzan back to winning ways, move up to fourth EDWARD FALZON Naxxar Lions ............... 0 Tarxien Rainbows ........ 1 TARXIEN Rainbows returned to winning ways through a solitary goal midway through the first half in what was a very important win for the blues. Naxxar went close to taking the lead in the 26th minute when a shot by Gueye was saved by keeper Mintoff and again through a Vella rebound. However it was the blues who took the lead against all odds when on the 35th minute ex Mosta mid- fielder Firaz Aboulezz scored from a difficult angled position to put the rainbows ahead. A few minutes later, a free kick by Gilmar went high. Early on in the second half it was the Lions who were on the attack and went close to restoring equilib- rium in the 47th minute through a Falzon header after a perfect cross by Eminike. Within three minutes it was again Naxxar going close when from an- other Gilmar free kick Mintoff made a good save and from the re- bound Falzon saw his effort hitting the bar. BOV Man of the Match – Carlos Menendez Naxxar Lions; Azzopardi, Sciclu- na, Edet, Vella (Eminike 46'), Gu- eye, Falzon, Ribeiro, Cassar, Doffo, Buhagiar, Reano (Del Negro 46') Tarxien Rainbows; Mintoff, Farru- gia, Caruana (Tabone 88'), Bugeja, Rodrigues Silva (Sammut 82'), Bar- bosa, Caruana, Aboulezz (Aquilina 90'), Menendez, Cini, Pereira Referee; Chris Lautier EDWARD FALZON Balzan ........................1 Mosta .........................0 BALZAN finally went out victo- rious after three months, beating Mosta by a solitary goal and mov- ing up to fourth in the table. Mosta had a player sent off as early as the 28th minute when Kaljevic was shown a straight red card after a horrific tackle on Valero. One minute before the break, Balzan went close to going in front, hitting the post after a Dar- manin header. In the second half Balzan went looking for the lead and four min- utes after the break Zarate, beat a defender and chipped the ball over goalkeeper Borg to put Youths ahead. Balzan went close again in the 51st minute through a strong shot by Guobadia which was blocked by Borg. Towards the end of the match, Mosta went close to clinch- ing an undeserved draw through a good effort by Dos Santos which was also saved by Sultana. The end of the match resulted in some nerv y challenges and to no surprise to those present in the stadium, both sides had a player sent off. Calcado was sent off for Mosta after collecting two yellow cards to finish the game with nine players, while Guerrero was sent off for Balzan. BOV Man of the Match – Edison Zarate Balzan; Sultana, Grioli, Bezzina, Valero, Zarate, Guobadia, Brincat (Arab 22'), Darmanin (Micallef 67'), Guerrero, Sciberras (Borg 74'), Piccioni Mosta; Borg, Ekani, Farrugia, M.Brincat, Pulo (Lo 46'), Mi- lovanovic, Magro, Zammit (Brin- cat 83'), Kaljevic, Dos Santos, Cal- cado Referee; Mario Apap Farrugia avoiding challenge from Naxxar forward PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Rainbows back to winning ways