Birkirkara, Swieqi United share the spoils as Hibernians beat Mġarr United

Paolites close gap to Stripes, Owls after narrow win over the Greens.

TOP FOUR RESULTS

BIRKIRKARA 1-1 SWIEQI UNITED
Marta Grosso 60 (B); Karima Abdulai 56 (S).

Birkirkara managed to peg back Swieqi United and keep their four-point lead in the Assikura Women’s League after the two teams cancelled each other out last Thursday.

The Owls, who are now unbeaten in three league games against Birkirkara this season, managed to forge ahead through a Karima Abdulai’s header from close-range.

Their joy was cut short when Birkirkara levelled terms through Marta Grosso on the hour mark.

Both Abdulai and Grosso are level on 14 goals in the league’s scoring charts.

In the upcoming slate of fixtures, Jose Borg’s Birkirkara face Hibernians while Swieqi cross swords with Mġarr.

BIRKIRKARA
J. Xuereb; G. Zahra (62 C. Rogers), A. Said, S. Farrugia, F. Chircop (81 V. Rapa), A. Sultana, V. Mifsud, C. Zammit, M. Grosso, A. Del Moral (90 I. Farrugia), S. Saliba (62 E. Garcia).

SWIEQI UNITED
P. Araujo; J. Dimech, D. Theuma, M. Sciberras, S. Abdulai, K. Abdulai, S. Zammit, Rafanny, J. Schembri, T. Falzon, K. Micallef (62 J, Flask).

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MĠARR UNITED 0-1 HIBERNIANS
Alexis Espitia 42.

Hibernians closed the gap with Birkirkara and Swieqi United after their narrow win over Mġarr United.

Alexis Espitia scored the all-important goal with a first-half header that beat Patricia Ebejer from close-range.

The former Swieqi United player has now scored 12 goals for the Paolites this season.

MĠARR UNITED
P. Ebejer; L. Cabral, A. Camilleri, M. Debono, F. Peinado, Y. Carella, L. Cefai, A. Sivolobova, R. Bajada (90 K. Agius Pace), C. Grech, B. Borg.

HIBERNIANS
Z. Jivraj; N. Geren, C. Ellul, A. Busuttil, K. Chetcuti, S. Urpani, M. Borg, K. Norkus, L. Ayres (88 N. Celeste), N, Sciberras, A. Espitia.

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BOTTOM FOUR RESULTS

MTARFA 0-5 VALLETTA
Sarah Vella Barberi 44, 82; Ylenia Grech 63; Anna Aloisio 70; Suzanne Farrugia Sacco 84.

SAN ĠWANN 1-3 LIJA ATHLETIC
Tourki Chaimaa 19 (S); Leanne Micallef 7, Vanessa Carneiro 30, Sarah Caruana 66 (L).

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STANDINGS

TOP FOUR
Birkirkara 41, Swieqi United 37, Hibernians 35, Mġarr United 26.

BOTTOM FOUR
Valletta 24, San Ġwann 13, Lija Athletic 10, Mtarfa 0.