Floriana crush Birkirkara in six goal thriller

Daniel Nwoke scored four goals to help his side walk over Birkirkara. This result moves Floriana into second place, one point ahead of Marsaxlokk.

Floriana dominated most of the match leaving no chance for Birkirkara.

Floriana took the lead on the 11^th  minute. Daniel Nwoke was quick to take advantage of some sloppy work in the Birkirkara defence to shoot the ball past goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo.

It was Daniel Nwoke again on the 20^th  minute. After receiving a precise pass, he dribbled past the Birkirkara goalkeeper to place the ball in a empty net to make it 2-0.

Nine minutes later, Daniel Nwoke scored his third of the day. Ivan Woods served Nwoke inside the area to conclude by shooting low past Bartolo. It was now 3-0 Floriana.

Birkirkara reduced the deficit on the 39^th  minute. Floriana goalkeeper failed to keep the ball from a Trevor Cilia cross, and Michael Galea was there to shoot on target to make it 3-1.

Floriana did not take it easy in the second half as Daniel Nwoke scored his fourth goal. Nwoke took the ball off Adrei Agius to make no mistake with his shot to beat the Birkirkara goalkeeper.

Birkirkara’s problems increased in the match after they were reduced to ten men. Andrei Agius received a second yellow card after he handled the ball to score.

On the 40^th  minute mark, Floriana scored their fifth goal of the match to make it 5-1. Ivan Woods scored from a fantastic freekick that left no chance for goalkeeper Manual Bartolo.

B’KARA FC - M. Bartolo, T. Cilia, P. Fenech, N. Vukanac (J. Zerafa), R. Scicluna (I. Babatunde), E. Lattes, R. Muscat, A. Agius, A. Decesare (S. Bajada), M. Galea, A. Buhagiar

Booked - Bartolo, Agius, Fenech

FLORIANA FC - L. Saidi, D. Pisani, T. Farrugia, T. Paris (S. Borg), M. Micallef, C. Cassar, C. Caruana, P. Doffo, M. El Yamani (C.Borg), I. Woods, D. Nwoke (J. Borg)

Booked – Paris, Nwoke

Sent Off – Agius (B’Kara)

Scorers – Galea 39 min. (B), D. Nwoke 11 min., 20 min., 29 min., 50 min., Woods 85 min. (F)

Referee - Kevin Azzopardi

BOV Player of the Match – D. Nwoke (Floriana)