FA Trophy | Hibernians 4 – Fgura United 0

The Paolites made a bright start to the match as they forged ahead after just four minutes. Following a corner, Tiago Adan Fonseca headed the ball home.

Hibernians were awarded a penalty four minutes later. Taylon Nicolas Correa Marcolino was floored by Brandon Bartolo and the referee pointed towards the spot. However, Andrei Agius saw his shot from the eleven metres mark being saved by Fgura’s goalkeeper.

Stefano Sanderra’s men doubled their advantage on the 33rd minute. Marcolino drilled a low shot from the edge of the penalty area that ended up inside the net.

Hibernians made the score 3-0 on the 54th minute. Dunstan Vella won the ball on the edge of the area and fired a volley that gave Bartolo no chance.

Fgura were reduced to ten men on the 69th minute as Andrew Scicluna was shown a straight red card.

Fonseca scored again for Hibernians on the 78th minute. Marco Sahanek’s shot from a free-kick was parried by Bartolo. The Brazilian took the rebound and placed the ball inside the net.

Hibernians starting line-up: Rudy Briffa, Dunstan Vella, Nemanja Rodojevic, Joseph Mbong, Marcelo Dias, Jurgen Degabriele, Bjorn Kristensev, Isaac Ntow, Taylon Nicolas Correa Marcolino, Andrei Agius, Tiago Adan Fonseca

Fgura starting line-up: Brandon Bartolo, Carl Ciantar, Jonathan Bugeja, Thomas Grech, Martin Gilbert, Joe Reno Vella, Jeremy Cassar, Andrew Scicluna, Shawn Borg, Mark Gauci, Giovanni Galea

Referee: Stefan Pace

Assistant Referees: Roberto Vella, Mitchell Scerri

Fourth Official: Glen Tonna