Sliema Wanderers

Match report

Sliema Wanderers and Birzebbuga met in the third round of the Premier League regular season, and the visitors took the points. The final score stood at 1:2 after ninety minutes of play. Both clubs arrived at this fixture having dropped all their opening matches. They were looking for a first win of the campaign.

Sliema took the lead when N. Robertha struck in the 34th minute. To be fair, the visitors had chances to respond before half-time. Several yellow cards appeared as tensions rose, including bookings for Gustavo Alcino and H. Bonello.

The momentum shifted quickly after the interval. Alex Bruno brought the visitors level in the 56th minute, and by then the game had opened up. Substitutions followed immediately, with N. Robertha and L. Montebello coming off. The hosts could not recover, as I. Cojocaru scored the winner just five minutes later. A yellow card for an unnamed player in the 61st minute did little to calm the situation.

The result keeps both sides at the bottom of the table. Sliema Wanderers sit in 11th place with zero points, while Birzebbuga are in 10th. Neither team has registered a win or a draw so far this season.

The defeat adds to a difficult start for the hosts. They had lost 2:0 to Florian and 2:0 to Hibernians recently. The visitors showed resilience after a narrow loss to Zapur Saint Patrick last week. And here's the thing: this is their first victory in the league.

Prepared from match data

🟨 25' Gustavo Alcino — Yellow card 🟨 27' H. Bonello — Yellow card ⚽ 34' N. Robertha — Goal 🟨 44' Z. Cassar — Yellow card 🟨 45+1' S. Pisani — Yellow card ⚽ 56' Alex Bruno — Goal ⇄ 58' N. Robertha — Substitution ⇄ 58' L. Montebello — Substitution ⚽ 61' I. Cojocaru — Goal 🟨 61' Yellow card ⇄ 64' L. Riascos — Substitution ⇄ 64' G. Costa Goncalves — Substitution ⇄ 66' T. Teuma — Substitution 🟨 71' J. A. Bolanos Ramirez — Yellow card ⇄ 77' A. Satariano — Substitution ⇄ 77' R. Polley — Substitution ⇄ 81' S. Dimech — Substitution ⇄ 89' Z. Cassar — Substitution ⇄ 89' Yuri — Substitution 🟨 90+2' P. Tomaselli — Yellow card

Match events

25' Sliema Wanderers Yellow card Gustavo Alcino
27' Sliema Wanderers Yellow card H. Bonello
34' Sliema Wanderers Goal N. Robertha
44' Birzebbuga Yellow card Z. Cassar
45+1' Sliema Wanderers Yellow card S. Pisani
56' Birzebbuga Goal Alex Bruno
58' Sliema Wanderers Substitution N. Robertha off: N. Karelis
58' Sliema Wanderers Substitution L. Montebello off: I. Cojocaru
61' Sliema Wanderers Goal I. Cojocaru
61' Birzebbuga Yellow card
64' Birzebbuga Substitution L. Riascos off: S. Tokic
64' Birzebbuga Substitution G. Costa Goncalves off: R. Thellufsen
66' Sliema Wanderers Substitution T. Teuma off: M. Lorenzi
71' Birzebbuga Yellow card J. A. Bolanos Ramirez
77' Sliema Wanderers Substitution A. Satariano off: B. Gambarte
77' Sliema Wanderers Substitution R. Polley off: A. Overend
81' Birzebbuga Substitution S. Dimech off: P. Tomaselli
89' Birzebbuga Substitution Z. Cassar off: M. Xuereb
89' Birzebbuga Substitution Yuri off: S. Azimzadeh Tabrizi
90+2' Birzebbuga Yellow card P. Tomaselli

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