Ten-man Birkirkara come from behind to overcome Floriana

FLORIANA      1         

El Hasni 70

BIRKIRKARA   2         

Cabrera 73, Alves 88

FLORIANA

G. Kitanov-6.5, A. Magri Overend-5.5 (89 J. Scicluna), O. El Hansi-6.5, Z. Cassar-5.5, M. Veselji-6 (75 A. Garzia), K. Reid-6.5, U. Arias-6.5, M. Garcia-5.5 (58 J. Busuttil), L. De Grazia-6, L. Trillo-6 (75 A. Ciolacu), E. Callegari-5.5.

BIRKIRKARA

G. Nava-6, O. Iorio-6.5 (82 D. Pires), E. Pepe-6, Y. Yankam-5.5, P. Mbong-6 (60 K. Zammit), M. Fedele-6 (60 A. Da Paixao), C. Attard-6, E. Cabrera-6.5 (82 J. Valletta), S. Zibo-6, A. Coppola-6, K. Tulimieri.

Referee: Fyodor Zammit.

Yellow cards: Garcia, Reid, Coppola, Tulimieri, Cabrera, El Hasni, Nava.

Red card: K. Tulimieri (B) 51.

BOV Player of the Match: Kemar Reid (Floriana).

Despite playing for almost the whole of the second half in ten men, Birkirkara came from behind to beat Floriana 2-1.

The Stripes, therefore, move second one point ahead of Hibernians and two ahead of Gżira United but the Maroons have a game in hand.

This was Birkirkara’s fourth win in five league matches as they aim to retain an edge over the teams trailing leaders Ħamrun.

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