BOV Premier League | Hibernians 3 – Lija Athletic 0

Hibernians bounced back from last weekend’s defeat against Sliema with a 3-0 win over Lija Athletic.

Photo: Christine Borg
Photo: Christine Borg

Hibs went ahead on the 41st minute. Jurgen Degabriele served Marco Sahanek and the latter hit a shot that went past Jonathan Martinelli.

The Paolites increased the margin of the score on the 84th minute. Jackson Lima sent Degabriele through and the Hibs forwards went past the goalkeeper and placed the ball inside the net.

Mark Miller’s side made it 3-0 one minute from time. Johann Bezzina fired a shot that took a deflection of Predrag Babic and ended up inside the net.

Hibernians starting line-up: Andrew Hogg, Andrei Agius, Rodolfo Soares, Clayton Failla, Dunstan Vella, Marcelo Dias, Bjorn Kristensen, Leandro Augusto da Silva, Marco Sahanek, Jorge Elias dos Santos, Jurgen Degabriele

Lija Athletic starting line-up: Jonathan Martinelli, Clinch McAllister, Patrick Borg, Ousmane Sidibe, Carl Cassar, Predrag Babic, Djamel Leeflang, Leejoe Schembri, Bello Osagie Abubaker, Erjon Beu, Rafael Kooh Sohna

Referee: Matthew Degabriele

Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Mitchell Scerri

Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit

BOV Player of the Match: Jurgen Degabriele (Hibs)