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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2017 49 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL BOV Premier League Gzira U. - Tarxien R. ......................... 1-0 Floriana - Pembroke A. .................... 2-0 Birkirkara - St. Andrews ................... 2-2 Hibernians - Hamrun S. ................... 3-3 England - Premier League Chelsea - Swansea City .................... 3-1 Crystal Palace - Middlesbrough ........ 1-0 Everton - Sunderland ...................... 2-0 Hull City - Burnley ........................... 1-1 Southampton - Arsenal ................... Postp. West. B. Albion - AFC Bournemouth ...... 2-1 Watford - West Ham United .................. 1-1 Today 14.30 Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City Man. City - Manchester Utd ..... Postp. EFL Cup 17:30 Manchester Utd. - Southampton Tomorrow 21:00 Leicester City - Liverpool Italy - Serie A SSC Napoli - Atalanta ....................... 0-2 Juventus - Empoli............................ Late Today 12:30 Palermo - Sampdoria 15:00 ChievoVerona - Pescara 15:00 Crotone - Cagliari 15:00 Genoa - Bologna 15:00 Lazio - Udinese 15:00 Sassuolo - AC Milan 20:45 Inter - Roma Tomorrow 20:45 Fiorentina - Torino Spain - Liga Satander Alaves - Valencia ............................. 2-1 Real Betis - Sevilla........................... 1-2 Leganes - Deportivo La Coruna ........ 4-0 Eibar - Malaga ................................. Late Today 12:00 Espanyol - Osasuna 16:15 Atletico Madrid - Barcelona 18:30 Athletic Bilbao - Granada 18:30 Sporting Gijon - Celta Vigo 20:45 Villarreal - Real Madrid Germany - Bundesliga B. Leverkusen - Mainz 05 ................. 0-2 Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV ....... 8-0 Darmstadt - Augsburg ..................... 1-2 Freiburg - B. Dortmund .................... 0-3 R. Leibzig - FC Cologne .................... 3-1 Hertha Berlin - Eintracht Frankfurt .... 2-0 Today 15:30 Ingolstadt - Borussia M. 17:30 Schalke 04 - Hoffenheim Football Results & Fixtures Birkirkara ................ 2 St. Andrews .............. 2 WARREN ZAMMIT Birkirkara went ahead on the 7th minute. Vito Plut went on the right f lank and sent a low cross inside the penalty area. Miguel Alba hit a shot that was handled by Michael Johnson of St Andrews. The referee first signalled play on, but changed his decision and awarded a pen- alty after receiving advice from the assistant referee. From the 11 metres mark, Alba made no mistake and converted. The stripes were dangerous again on the 14th minute. Alba went on a good run and delivered the ball towards Vito Plut whose close range effort was deviated for a corner. St Andrews hit back and equal- ised on the 18th minute. Ivan Paz sent a cross towards the un- marked Kyrian Nwoko who head- ed past Henry Bonello. Birkirkara went ahead once more on the 27th minute. From a corner, Srdan Dimitrov sent a cross inside the penalty area and Gonzalo Malan headed inside the net from close range. On the 35th minute, Malan forced a good save from Jake Galea. The Uruguayan went on the right side of the penalty area and hit a shot aimed at the lower corner which was blocked by the young goalkeeper. Ten minutes later, Alba sent a long ball towards Dimitrov whose header went off target. St Andrews equalised five min- utes into the second half. Ziga Kastrevec delivered the ball to- wards Nwoko and the latter hit a powerful drive from close range that gave Bonello no chance. Nikola Jaros's side tried to put pressure in their attempts to score again and had a promising chance on the 61st minute. Plut served Ryan Scicluna on the edge of the penalty area and the latter fin- ished wide. On the 69th minute, both teams had a player sent off. Ryan Sciclu- na fouled Pena Beltre on the right flank and the St Andrews player retaliated. The referee showed Scicluna his second yellow card. In addition, he also showed Pena Beltre a straight red card. In the additional time given by the referee, Ivan Paz went on a good run before firing a low shot that forced a good save from bonello who went on his right side and parried the ball. Birkirkara starting line-up: Henry Bonello, Gareth Sciberras, Srdan Dimitrov, Vito Plut, Nikola Vukanac, Miguel Angel Alba, Ry- an Scicluna, Cain Attard, Predrag Jovic, Gonzalo Malan, Gary Muir St. Andrews starting line-up: Jake Galea, Enmy Pena Beltre, Michael Johnson, Bong Won Che, Karlo Kesinovic, Aidan Friggieri, Nenad Belacevic, Joseph Farrugia, Ziga Kastrevec, Ivan Paz, Kyrian Nwoko Referee: Eman Grech Assistant Referees: Luke Portelli, William Debattista Fourth Official: Mario Apap Enmy Pena Beltre of St. Andrews trying to hold possession PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG In a tight encounter, St Andrews held Birkirkara to a 2-2 draw as the stripes' negative run of results continues Birkirkara's European chances in another setback after draw with St Andrews