Hibernians fail to keep pace with leaders Valletta

Hibernians remain in second place on 48 points, six points behind leaders Valletta while Floriana remain in third place on 41 points.

The first half remained quiet with both teams producing very few chances in front of goal.

Hibernians' Andrew Cohen had his freekick on the 36^th minute saved by goalkeeper Patrick Jansen.

Floriana went close as well just six minutes later, but Mario Muscat saved Ivan Woods' attempt on goal.

In the second half, Edison Luis dos Santos missed a good opportunity to score on the 49^th minute.

Both teams produced more scoring chances in the second half to try to take home all three points, but the match ended goalless.

Patrick Jansen was voted BOV Player of the Match.

FLORIANA FC Patrick Jansen, Eric Akoto, Owen Bugeja John Mintoff (59' Christian Cassar), Pablo Doffo, Manolito Micallef, Christian Caruana (76' Ryan Darmanin), Ivan Woods, Duncan Pisani, Joseph Borg, Alandson Da Silva (80' Andre Grabowski).
Subs not used: Jurgen Borg, Thomas Paris, Malcolm Licari, Clyde Borg.
Coach: Michael Woods
Assistant Coach: Frank Schembri

HIBERNIANS FC Mario Muscat, Edward Herrera (71' Johann Bezzina), Aaron Xuereb, Jonathan Pearson, Steve Pisani, Rodolfo Soares, Andrew Cohen, Clayton Failla, Jackson Di Lima Siquera, Jason Vandelannoite (71' Marcelo Dias), Edison Luis Dos Santos
Subs not used: Nicholas Grima, Ayrton Azzopardi, Adrian Pulis, Keith Tanti, Dylan Sammut.
Coach: Mark Miller
Assistant Coach: Richard Mercieca

Referee - Esther Azzopardi
Assistant Referees - Alan Camilleri, Mariano Debono
Fourth Official - Kevin Azzopardi