BOV Premier League | Hamrun Spartans 0 – Gzira United 3

Conscious that Floriana were defeated, Gzira came into this match eager to win in order to move just three points behind the Greens.

On the other end, Hamrun are going through a period of transition. This is also reflected in the changes they recently made to their squad.

Such scenario meant that the pressure was on Gzira in order to reduce the gap with Floriana so that they keep on believing that they can win their first ever Premier League.

Gzira made their intentions clear from the start and managed to break the deadlock on the 18th minute. Wilfried Domoraud’s cross from the left was met by Hamed Kone whose header hit the crossbar before ending up inside the net.

The Maroons doubled their advantage on the 68th minute. Kone served Martin Davis and the substitute fired a diagonal shot that sailed past Manuel Bartolo.

Tedesco’s men sealed the issue on the 82nd minute. Kone delivered a cross in the direction of Domoraud who headed the ball home.

Hamrun Spartans starting line-up: Manuel Bartolo, Alessio Capitelli, Andre Scicluna (66’ Conor Borg), Jorge Ailton dos Santos Soares, Clayton Failla (81’ Miguel Tabone), Matthew Gauci, Nicola Leone, Cain Cutajar (78’ Christopher Galea), Darren Borg, Karl Micallef, Mattia Cinquini

Gzira United starting line-up: Justin Haber, Gianmarco Conti, Nikolai Muscat, Zachary Scerri, Rodolfo Soares, Andrew Cohen (61’ Martin Davis), Juan Carlos Corbalan, Hamed Kone (84’ Luca Brincat), Sacha Borg, Amadou Samb, Wilfried Domoraud (87’ Christian Sammut)

Referee: Malcolm Spiteri

Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spiteri, Theodore Zammit

Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant

BOV Player of the Match: Hamed Kone (Gzira)