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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2015 53 Sport Naxxar Lions .................... 1 Pembroke Athleta ............ 5 PEMBROKE put in a superb per- formance as they defeated Naxxar Lions 5-1 at the Victor Tedesco Sta- dium. The situation does not look good for Naxxar as they remain at the bottom of the table without any points yet this season. Pembroke started the match im- mediately on the attack, but it was Naxxar that managed to score the first goal. On the 26th minute, Sead Hadzi- bulic served Richard Carlos Cardozo who then went on to beat goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia with his shot to give Naxxar the lead. Pembroke's Austin Martz went close to scoring on the 30th minute, but his shot hit the post. Pembroke managed to score the equaliser on the 43rd minute. Gus- tavo Villalobos Carbajal served Kyle O'Brien with the latter beating goal- keeper Luke Pecorella with his pow- erful shot. Pembroke's dominance started to show and just three minutes after the start of the second half, they managed to take the lead for the first time in the match. Austin Martz had his powerful shot partially saved by Naxxar's Luke Pecorella and off the rebound, Leighton Grech easily placed the ball at the bacl of the net. On the 67th minute, Leighton Grech entered the penalty area and was brought down by Angus Bu- hagiar, the latter was immediately sent off and Pembroke were award- ed a penalty. From the penalty spot, Gustavo Villalobos beat goalkeeper Luke Pecorella to make the score 3-1. Pembroke were now unstoppa- ble and scored again on the 76th minute. Gustavo Villalobos Carba- jal made his past his opponents to then to beat Naxxar's goalkeeper with an angled shot to make the score 4-1. Substitute Lyden Micallef made sure Pembroke took all three points home on the 83rd minute when he made the sscore 5-1 when his low shot was deflected into goal by Naxxar's defender. NAXXAR LIONS Luke Pecorella, Andrew Scicluna, Luca Lodetti, Ri- chard Carlos Cardozo, Daren Fal- zon, Sead Hadzibulic (53' Duane Bonnici), Jurgen Debono (54' Ishmael Grech), David Fenech, Angus Bu- hagiar, Emiliano Lattes, Armando Viera dos Santos (72' Ryan Gilmour Cassar). Subs not used: Julian Azzopardi, Zady Moise Gnenegbe, Arya Koorosh Haghighi, Ryan Mercieca. Coach: Stefano Grima PEMBROKE ATHLETA Matthew Farrugia, Zoran Levnajic, Alex Ci- ni, Rennie Tanti, Owen Bugeja (73' Lyden Micallef), Paltemio Barbetti, Kyle O'Brien, Ariel Laudisi, Gus- tavo Villalobos Carbajal (81' Tyron Fenech), Austin Martz, Leighton Grech (68' Siraj Arab Eddin). Subs not used: Mario Muscat, Miguel Attard, Peter Paul Sammut, James Togbah. Coach: Winston Muscat Referee: Alan Mario Sant Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Paul Apap Fourth Official: Adrian Azzopardi Yellow Cards: Grech, Buhagiar Red Cards: 67' Angus Buhagiar Scorers: 26' Richard Carlos Cardozo, 43' Kyle O' Brien, 48' Leighton Grech, 68' Gustavo Villalobos pen, 76' Gus- tavo Villalobos, 83' Lyden Micallef BOV Player of the Match: Gustavo Villalobos BOV Premier League Tarxien Rainbows - Valletta................ 1-3 Floriana - Sliema Wanderers ............. 3-0 Naxxar Lions - Pembroke Athleta ....... 1-5 Balzan - Qormi ................................. 1-0 Today National Stadium 15:00 Birkirkara - St. Andrews 17:00 Hibernians - Mosta England - Premier League Crystal Palace - West Bromwich Albion . 2-0 AFC Bournemouth - Watford .............. 1-1 Aston Villa - Stoke City ....................... 0-1 Manchester City - Newcatle United .... 6-1 Norwich City - Leicester City............... 1-2 Sunderland - West Ham United ......... 2-2 Chelsea - Southampton..................... 1-3 Today 14:30 Everton - Liverpool 17:00 Arsenal - Manchester United 17:00 Swansea City - Tottenham Hotspur Italy - Serie A Carpi - Torino .................................... 2-1 ChievoVerona - Hellas Verona ............ 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