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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 20 MARCH 2016 53 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Malta BOV Premier League Pembroke Athleta - Hibernians ........... 1-1 Sliema Wanderers - Balzan ................ 3-3 St. Andrews - Tarxien Rainbows .......... 2-3 Qormi - Floriana ................................ 1-3 Today National Stadium 14:00 Naxxar Lions - Birkirkara 16:00 Mosta - Valletta England - Premier League Everton - Arsenal ............................... 0-2 Chelsea - West Ham United ................ 2-2 Crystal Palace - Leicester City .............. 0-1 Watford - Stoke City ............................ 1-2 West B. Albion - Norwich City ............. 0-1 Swansea City - Aston Villa ................... 1-0 Today 14:30 Newcastle United - Sunderland 14:30 Southampton - Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City - Manchester United 17:00 Tottenham H. - AFC Bournemouth Italy - Serie A Empoli - Palermo ............................... 0-0 Roma - Inter ...................................... Late Today 12:30 Atalanta - Bologna 15:00 Frosinone - Fiorentina 15:00 Hellas Verona - Carpi 15:00 Sampdoria - ChievoVerona 15:00 Sassuolo - Udinese 15:00 Torino - Juventus 18:00 SSC Napoli - Genoa 20:45 AC Milan - Lazio Spain - Liga BBVA Sporting Gijon - Atletico Madrid ......... 2-1 Granada - Rayo Vallecano .................. 2-2 Real Sociedad - Las Palmas ................ 0-1 Deportivo La Coruna - Levante............ Late Real Betis - Malaga ............................ Late Today 12:00 Espanyol - Athletic Bilbao 16:00 Villarreal - Barcelona 18:15 Valencia - Celta Vigo 20:30 Real Madrid - Sevilla Germany - Bundesliga FC Cologne - Bayern Munich .............. 0-1 Hamburger SV - Hoffenheim .............. 1-3 Hertha Berlin - Ingolstadt .................. 2-1 Werder Bremen - Mainz 05 ................. 1-1 Wolfsburg - Darmstadt ....................... 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt - Hannover 96....... 1-0 Today 15:30 VfB Stuttgart - Bayer Leverkusen 17:30 Augsburg - Borussia Dortmund Football Results & Fixtures PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Hibs drop points as title challenge wilts Hibernians .................. 1 Pembroke Athleta ....... 1 Champions Hibernians dropped two important points in the race for the championship and lead- ers Valletta could move six points clear should they beat Mosta to- day. The surprise result saw a resur- gent Pembroke side hold Hibs to a 1-1 draw at the Paolites' own home ground yesterday. The Paolites could have won the game comfortably were it not for their wastefulness in front of goal and the fine form of former Hibs stalwart Mario Muscat who produced a series of saves to keep Pembroke in the game. Hibs were without Brazilian duo Jackson Lima and Jorge Santos Silva but Rui da Gracia Gomes was back on the bench for the reigning champions after recov- ering from a long-term injury. Hibernians did not take long to go in front when Bjorn Kristensen headed past his former teammate goalkeeper Mario Muscat after nine minutes. Hibs dominated the first half, creating several goal scoring chances but Muscat denied his former employers with good saves from Jurgen Degabriele and Mar- celo Dias. However, Pembroke drew level two minutes before the break when Gustavo Villalobos ran into the box and fired a low shot past Malta's international goalkeeper Justin Haber. As the game resumed, Hibs' for- tunes did not change and on the one-hour mark playmaker An- drew Cohen saw his header come off the crossbar and Gilmar fired the rebound against the side-net- ting. Minutes later, Hibs thought they had finally breached the stubborn Pembroke defence but substitute Joseph Mbong's close-range ef- fort went just centimeters wide after a good move involving Co- hen and Gilmar unlocked the promoted side's defence. PEMBROKE Mario Muscat, Zoran Levnaic, Alex Cini, Owen Bugeja, Miguel Attard, Manolito Micallef (72' Obinna Obiefule), Paltemio Barbetti, Siraj Arab Ed- din (81' Gustavo de Paulo da No- brega), Ariel Laudisi (90' Sunday Eboh), Gustavo Villalobos, Kyle O'Brien. Subs not used: Matthew Farrugia, Rennie Tanti, Tyrone Fenech, Ter- ence Agius. Coach: Winston Muscat HIBERNIANS Justin Haber, Marcelo Dias, Andrei Agius, Jonathan Pearson (64' Joseph Mbong), Clayton Faila, Rodolfo Soares, Bjorn Kristensen, An- drew Cohen, Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro, Jorge da Silva Pereira, Jurgen Degabriele (82' Rui da Gracia Gomes). Subs not used: Rudy Briffa, Daniel Buckle, Conner Zammit, Zack Scerri, David Xuereb. Coach: Branko Nisevic Referee: Alan Mario Sant Assistant Referees: Alan Camill- eri, Edward Spiteri Fourth Official: Philip Farrugia Yellow Cards: Attard, Failla, Kristensen, O'Brien Scorers: 9' Bjorn Kristensen, 43'Gustavo Villalobos BOV Player of the Match: Mario Muscat