Tarxien sink deeper into crisis

This defeat added more pressure to Tarxien as it is their sixth defeat in their last seven matches.

It did not take long for Hibernains to show their dominance when they took the lead on the 9^th minute.

A fantastic freekick by Andrew Cohen left no chance for goalkeeper David Cassar to give his team the lead.

Hibernians continued to dominate the match and on the 22^nd minute off a cross from Marcelo Dias, Peter Anizoba headed the ball in past David Cassar.

Cassar was kept busy in the second half with Hibernians continuing their attack.

On the 77^th minute, Tarxien were back in the match thanks to a penalty being awarded to them. Jonathan Person brought down Karl Pulo inside the area leaving the referee with no other choice than to point to the penalty spot.

Jimmy Nzinga-Mayasi made no mistake by beating goalkeeper Mario Muscat with his effort.

Tarxien pressed for the equaliser and went close in the final seconds of the match with a effort from Warren Zerafa but it was saved by Mario Muscat.

Andrew Cohen was voted BOV Player of the Match.

TARXIEN RAINBOWS David Cassar, Steve Sadowski (46' Luke Vella Critien), Carlo Mamo, Manuel Caruana, Everton Antonio Pereira, Stefan Giglio, Jimmy Nzinga Mayasi, Karl Pulo, Carl Sammut (81′ Warren Zerafa), Ryan Mintoff, Caio Garcia Suguino (46' Adrian Carabott).
Subs not used: Nicky Vella, Julian Vella, Lee Galea, Clive Fenech.
Coach: Patrick Curmi
Asst. Coach: Michael Church

HIBERNIANS FC Mario Muscat, Jonathan Pearson, Aaron Xuereb, Bjorn Kristensen, Andrew Cohen, Rodolfo Soares, Clayton Failla, Marcelo Dias (72' Jackson Lima Siqueira), Peter Anizoba (72' Steve Pisani), Jason Vandelannoite, Edison Luis dos Santos.
Subs not used: Nicholas Grima, Ayrton Azzopardi, Keith Tanti, Johann Bezzina, Scott Chircop.
Coach: Mark Miller
Asst. Coach: Richard Mercieca

Referee: Kevin Azzopardi
Assistant referees: Ingmar Spiteri, Chris Francalanza
Fourth official: Esther Azzopardi
Yellow Cards: Cohen, Sadowski, Pulo, Mintoff
Scorers: 9' Andrew Cohen (H); 22' Peter Anizoba