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54 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2015 Sport FOOTBALL St. andrews .................... 0 Balzan ........................... 2 ALEKSANDAR Vujacic's brace kept Balzan in first place in a 2-0 victory over bottom-placed St. An- drews at the Victor Tedesco Sta- dium in Hamrun. Following a goalless first half, the leaders took the lead on the 55th minute when Vujacic beat goalkeeper St Andrews goaler Kris Callej with a powerful shot. A minute later, Malta interna- tional striker Alfred Effiong set up Vujacic for his second with an exquisite back-heel pass which the Montenegrin striker had no diffi- culty in tapping in the Saints' goal. ST. ANDREWS Kris Calleja, Jor- dan Williams, Dale Camilleri, Mariglen Sehitaj, Matthew Guil- lamier, Joseph Farrugia, Kyrian Nwoko, Michael Johnson, Chris Deguidjol (83' Jacob Walker), Clyde Cumbo, Liam Grech (60' Michael Grima). Subs not used: Dorian Bugeja, Ryan Sammut, Nicky Vella Petroni, Luca Cosmai, Wade Moodley, Coach: Wayne Attard BALZAN Christian Cassar, Dy- lan Grima, Edison David Bilbao Zarate (82' Juan Corbolan), Samir Arab, Godwin Mensha, Alexan- dar Vujacic, Alfred Effiong, Elkin Orlando Serrano Valero (64' Ter- rance Agius), Lydon Micallef (75' Sean Cipriott), Maxim Fosca, Jus- tin Grioli. Subs not used: Mikhail Sciberras, Ryan Darmanin, Clive Brincat, Luke Sciberras, Coach: Oliver Spiteri Referee: Esther Azzopardi Assistant referees: Roberto Vella, Sammy Attard Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann Scorers: 55' Aleksandar Vujacic, 56' Aleksandar Vujacic BOV Player of the Match: Alexan- der Vujacic St. andrews .................... 0 Balzan ........................... 2 55th minute when Vujacic beat goalkeeper St Andrews goaler Kris Callej with a powerful shot. A minute later, Malta interna- dan Williams, Dale Camilleri, Mariglen Sehitaj, Matthew Guil- lamier, Joseph Farrugia, Kyrian Nwoko, Michael Johnson, Chris BALZAN Christian Cassar, Dy- lan Grima, Edison David Bilbao Zarate (82' Juan Corbolan), Samir Arab, Godwin Mensha, Alexan- Balzan beat Saints to stay top Hibernians leave it late to defeat Qormi Qormi ...................... 1 Hibernians ............... 2 HIBERNIANS returned to win- ning ways after they defeated Qormi 2-1 at the National Sta- dium. It was not an easy match for Hibernians as they had to wait till the final seconds of the match before they scored the winner. Hibernians managed to take the lead on the 37th minute. Off a cross by Clayton Failla, a bad clearance by Noah Olawole went in the direction of Andrew Cohan who then easily beat goalkeeper Andreas Vella. Minutes later, Hibernians when close scoring when Jorge Santos Silva missed a great opportunity. Qormi 's Alex Nils- son was unlucky not to score when his shot it the crossbar just before the end of the first half. Qormi managed to score the equaliser on the 73rd minute. Off a freekick by Carlo Monti, Hibernians' Jonathan Pearson tried to clear the ball, but it hit Ousmane Sidibe with the ball roll into the net. On the 83rd minute, Qormi lost goalkeeper Andreas Vella through injury and he had to be replaced by Jean Matthias Vella. As it looked as both teams would be shar- ing the points, five minutes into added time, Hibernians scored the winner. Jurgen Degabriele's close range shot was turned into a corner. From the corner kick, Andrei Agius beat substitute goalkeep- er Jean Matthias Vella with his header. QOR MI Andreas Vella (86' Jean Matthias Vella), Alessio Cassar, Ousmane Sidibe, Noah Ola- wole Ojuola, Billy Velo Bernts- son, Steve Agius, Clif ford Gauci, Kurt Magro (72' Emerson Vel- la), Carlo Gordon Monti, Ryan Micallef (46' Terence Vella), Al- exander Nilsson. Subs not used: Karl Sciortino, Edward Falzon, Sorin Virgil Oproiescu, Clayton Casha. Coach: Johann Scicluna HIBER NIANS Jurgen Borg, Rui da Gracia Gomes, Jack- son di Lima Siqueira, Rodolfo Soares (29' Jonathan Pearson), Marcelo Dias, Andrew Cohen, Bjorn Kristensen (82' Jurgen De- gabriele), Clayton Failla, Denni Rocha dos Santos (71' Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro), Andrei Agius, Jorge Santos Silva. Subs not used: Rudy Brif fa, Dan- iel Buckle, Jonathan Pearson, Zach Scerri, Joseph Mbong. Coach: Branko Nisevic Referee: Glen Tonna Assistant Referees: Duncan Sul- tana, Luke Portelli Fourth Of ficial: Malcolm Spi- teri Yellow Cards: T. Vella, Rui, Ag- ius, E . Vella, A. Agius Scorers: 37' Andrew Cohen, 73' Ousmane Sidibe, 90+5' Andrei Agius BOV Player of the Match: Billy Berntsson PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS MANGION