Swieqi women’s game postponed as Hibernians, Birkirkara fire blanks

Hibernians have joined Swieqi United at the top of the women’s league following their 0-0 draw with Birkirkara.

This comes after Swieqi’s key match against Mġarr United was called off due to the inclement weather that affected the Maltese islands over the weekend.

The Swieqi vs Mġarr match, which was abandoned after just four minutes, will be rescheduled for a later date.

As for the Paolites, they were unable to find the net against Birkirkara in Friday’s fixture.

Birkirkara, who remain in fourth place with 33 points, welcomed back goalkeeper Janice Xuereb after a 10-month recovery from a serious knee injury.

Additionally, the Stripes handed a debut to new signing Laura Granados, who took on the number 9 role.

In the Bottom Four matches, Lija Athletic shocked Valletta with a 1-0 victory, thanks to a goal from new signing Lisa Calleja.

Meanwhile, league top scorer Hailey Russell added two more goals to her tally, bringing it to 22, as San Ġwann cruised past Mtarfa 5-1.

RESULTS

TOP FOUR

BIRKIRKARA 0-0 HIBERNIANS
BIRKIRKARA
J. Xuereb; L. May Azzopardi, L. Granados, L. Cabral, A. Cassar, V. Rapa, A. Vassallo (83 S. Francalanza), C. Zammit, C. Schechinger, V. Nanez, M. Cardona (77 G. Zahra).
Coach: Vince Galea.
HIBERNIANS
E. Harrington; N. Geren, C. Ellul (83 Y. Attard), J. Dimech, K. Chetcuti, M. Borg (46 S. Vella Barberi), N. Sciberras, I. Farrugia, A. Espitia, Joelma.
Coach: Kenneth Costantino.

BOTTOM FOUR

LIJA ATHLETIC 1-0 VALLETTA
Lisa Calleja 7
LIJA ATHLETIC
I. Sanchez; S. Caruana, M. Stagno (76 M. Ibrahim), S. Bugeja, V. Carneiro (46 L. Cassar), E. Gonzalez, N. Zarb Cousin, K. Pantalleresco, L. Micallef (60 P. Camilleri), L. Gonzalez, L. Calleja (90 R. Mifsud).
Coach: Jethron Azzopardi.
VALLETTA
K. Vella Barberi (80 G. Grima); A. Aloisio, O. Le Gouez, M. Sultana (74 A. Mifsud), R. Zerafa (74 G. Antonelli), L. Muscat (58 S. Farrugia Sacco). Y. Grech, E. Micallef, S. Blihi, Lilou Lucas, Lucie Lucas.
Coach: Jean Lopes.

SAN ĠWANN 5-1 MTARFA
Tourki Chaimaa 22, 43; Hailey Russel 36, 86; Rebecca Mifsud 48 og. (S); Eliza Csik 89 (M).
SAN ĠWANN
J. Caruana; A. Rapa, N. Kobayashi, M. Schembri (81 N. Attard), H. Russell, T. Chaimaa (81 T. Muscat), N. Blundell, F. Al Girbi (68 J. Falzon), K. Paris (46 M. Kasim), K. Vella, K. Abela (46 S. Gheiti).
Coach: Julian Camilleri.
MTARFA
D. Grech; C. Versteegh, E. Csik, A. Fenech, J. Camilleri (89 E. Gatt), M. Abdilla (75 K. Camilleri), K. Gribbon (46 D. Alvarez), O. Jelili (75 K. Ciappara), S. Spiteri, P. Ciappara, R. Zammit.
Coach: Simon Spiteri.

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STANDINGS

TOP FOUR
Hibernians – 38
*Swieqi United – 38
*Mġarr United – 35
Birkirkara – 33

*one game in hand.

BOTTOM FOUR
San Ġwann – 28
Valletta – 18
Lija Athletic – 13
Mtarfa – 0.