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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2015 49 Sport Malta BOV Premier League Floriana - Naxxar Lions ...................... 2-1 Hibernians - Tarxien Rainbows ........... 2-0 St. Andrews - Qormi ........................... 0-4 Sliema Wanderers - Mosta .................. 1-1 Today National Stadium 14:00 Birkirkara - Pembroke Athleta 16:00 Balzan - Valletta England - Premier League Norwich City - Everton ....................... 1-1 Crystal Palace - Southampton ............. 1-0 Manchester City - Swansea City .......... 2-1 Sunderland - Watford ........................ 0-1 West Ham United - Stoke City ............. 0-0 AFC Bournemouth - Manchester U. ..... 2-1 Today 14:30 Aston Villa - Arsenal 17:00 Liverpool - West Bromwich Albion 17:00 Tottenham Hotspur - Newcastle U. Tomorrow 21:00 Leicester City - Chelsea Italy - Serie A Genoa - Bologna ............................... 0-1 Palermo - Frosinone .......................... 4-1 Sassuolo - Torino ................................. post. Udinese - Inter .................................. Late Today 15:00 AC Milan - Hellas Verona 15:00 ChievoVerona - Atalanta 15:00 Empoli - Carpi 18:00 SSC Napoli - Roma 20:45 Juventus - Fiorentina Tomorrow 20:45 Lazio - Sampdoria Spain - Liga BBVA Barcelona - Deportivo La Coruna ........ 2-2 Celta Vigo - Espanyol.......................... 1-0 Levante - Granada ............................. 1-2 Sevilla - Sporting Gijon ...................... Late Las Palmas - Real Betis ....................... Late Today 12:00 Rayo Vallecano - Malaga 16:00 Eibar - Valencia 18:15 Atletico Madrid - Athletic Bilbao 20:30 Villarreal - Real Madrid Germany - Bundesliga Bayern Munich - Ingolstadt ................ 2-0 Darmstadt - Hertha Berlin .................. 0-4 Hoffenheim - Hannover 96 ................ 1-0 Werder Bremen - FC Cologne .............. 1-1 Wolfsburg - Hamburger SV ................. 1-1 Byer Leverkusen - Borussia M. ............ 5-0 Today 15:30 Augsburg - Schalke 04 17:30 B. Dortmund - Eintracht Frankfurt Football Results & Fixtures SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Floriana edge past Naxxar as Hibernians defeat Tarxien FLORIANA came back from be- hind to defeat Naxxar Lions 2-1 and move up to third place in the BOV Premier League standings. This result puts Naxxar second from the bottom of the standings, now having suffered three consec- utive defeats. The match could not have started better for Naxxar as they managed to take the lead just after nine min- utes of play. Off a corner by Daren Falzon, Andrew Scicluna headed the ball past goalkeeper Tyrone Gauci to give Naxxar the lead. Naxxar managed to hold on to the lead until the end of the first half. But the lead did not last long in the second half as Floriana were awarded a penalty just after nine minutes of play into the resump- tion. Angus Buhagiar had brought down Mauricio Villa inside the ar- ea. The referee immediately point- ed to the penalty spot, from where Mario Fontanella easily beat goal- keeper Julian Azzopardi to make the score 1-1. Floriana started to gain confi- dence as they pressed for the lead and their chances grew when Naxxar were reduced to ten men on the 76th minute, after captain Angus Buhagiar was shown his second yellow card for pulling Mat- teo Picciollo. Floriana managed to break down Naxxar on the 84th minute when they scored to make it 2-1. Off a corner by Nicolas Chiesa, the ball was deflected in the direc- tion of Mauricio Villa who then easily beat Naxxar's goalkeeper from close range. FLORIANA Tyrone Gauci, Anto- nio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Steve Pisani, Clyde Borg, Mauricio Villa, Andrea Scozzese, Matteo Picciollo, Steve Bonnici (80' Andre Scicluna), Nicolas Chiesa, Mario Fontanella. Subs not used: Matthew Calleja Cremona, Luke Micallef, Neil Spi- teri, Daniel Agius, Joseph Briffa, Firas Aboulezz. NAXXAR Julian Azzopardi (68' Luke Pecorella), Andrew Scicluna, Luca Lodetti, Richard Carlos Car- dozo, Thomas Sarina, Demba Toure, Daren Falzon (74' Duane Bonnici), Jose Angel Godar Peiera, Angus Buhagiar, Emiliano Lattes (58' Jurgen Debono), Armando Tar- lazis Vieira dos Santos. Subs not used: Duane Bonnici, Isaac McCarthy, Mark Fenech, Ry- an Mercieca, David Fenech. Coach: Clive Mizzi Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Jurgen Spiteri Fourth Official: Sandro Spiteri Yellow Cards: Scicluna, Mandinho, Bonnici, Buhagiar, Falzon, Toure, Calleja Cremona, Sarina Scorers: 9' Andrew Scicluna, 55' Mario Fontanella pen, 84' Mauri- cio Villa BOV Player of the Match: Nicolas Chiesa In the other match Hiber- nians continued their positive run when they defeated Tarxien Rainbows 2-0. Hibernians had to work hard for their victory as they played with 10 men for most of the match. Tarxien Rainbows will regret missing scoring opportunities in a match which should have seen them get a good result after play- ing against a team that was one man short. Just after six minutes of play, a red card was already shown. Luke Montebello advanced into the area and was brought down by Hibernians goalkeeper Jurgen Borg. The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. The Hibernians coach took off striker Jorge da Silva Pereira and put in substitute goalkeeper Rudy Brif- fa. From the penalty spot, Ayrton Azzopardi had his shot go wide. The score remained 0-0. In the second half, Hibernians looked to be the better side even if they were a man down. Hibernians managed to break the deadlock on the 54th minute. Off a corner by Clayton Failla, Andrew Cohen beat goalkeeper Andrea Cassar with his shot from close range. Six minutes later, Hibernians doubled the score. A freekick by Clayton Failla was headed past Tarxien's goalkeeper to make the score 2-0. Hibernians protected their lead for the remainder of the match with Tarxien Rainbows creating very few chances. HIBERNIANS Jurgen Borg, Rui da Gracia Gomes, Jackson di Lima Siqueira, Marcelo Dias, Andrew Cohen (80' Denni Rocha dos Santos), Bjorn Kristensen, Clayton Failla, Andrei Agius, Jorge da Silva Pereira (8' Rudy Briffa gk), Gilmar da Silva Ribei- ro (87' Joseph Mbong), Jorge San- tos Silva. Subs not used: Jonathan Pearson, Jurgen Degabriele, Jean Paul Far- rugia, Zach Scerri. Coach: Branko Nisevic TARXIEN RAINBOWS Andrea Cassar, Ebiabowei Baker, Manuel Caruana (77' Ren Mizugashira), Timothy Tabone Desira, Tris- ton Caruana, Ayrton Azzopardi (57' Danilo Meira Santos), Lucky Omeruo (70' Anderson Raimundo da Silva), Luke Montebello, Dan- iel Zerafa, Alex da Paixao Alves, Joao Pedro Oliveira Santos. Subs not used: Sean Mintoff, Brandon Muscat, Roderick Ba- jada, Gaetano Gesualdi. Coach: Jacques Scerri Referee: Glen Tonna Assistant Referees: Sammy At- tard, Ryan Aquilna Additional Assistant Referees: Fyodor Zammit, Stefan Pace Fourth Official: William De- battista Yellow Cards: A. Azzopardi, A. Agius, M. Dias, Baker Red Cards: 6' Jurgen Borg Scorers: 54' Andrew Cohen, 60' Andrei Agius BOV Player of the Match: Clay- ton Failla PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD