2016
Day 09 Valletta 1 Tarxien 0
A brilliant goal from substitute Michael Mifsud gave Valletta a hard-earned 1-0 win over Tarxien Rainbows. The champions found the going tough as Tarxien matched them all over the pitch but their efforts were undone by Mifsud who came off the bench to keep his team on the winning track. The first half produced...
Read MoreDay 08 Valletta 3 Gzira 1
The champions bounced back to winning ways today after a poor run of one point in three matches. The Citizens were off to a flying start. Hardly seven minutes elapsed from the initial whistle when Valletta's Falcone made a diagonal run before putting a ball into the path of Jhonnattann whose ghosting run had...
Read MoreDay 07 Valletta 1 Bkara 1
Valletta and Birkirkara took a point each after cancelling each other in a 1-1 draw at the National Stadium. The first half was bereft of scoring chances. In fact the first opportunity arrived on 32 minutes when Jonathan Caruana picked Federico Falcone but the Argentine fired his effort just over. Birkirkara responded on 35...
Read MoreDay 06 Valletta 0 Hibs 2
Hibernians completed a dismal week for Valletta after beating the champions 2-0. Goals from Rodolfo Soares and Jurgen Degabriele gave Hibs a deserved victory while handing Valletta their second defeat in five days after they had lost to derby rivals Floriana on Wednesday. The early sending-off of Umeh Calistus Uchenna was a fatal blow...
Read MoreDay 05 Valletta 0 Floriana 2
Giovanni Tedesco, the Floriana coach, was reluctant to talk to the media on the eve of yesterday’s derby against Valletta. Back-to-back defeats to Balzan and Tarxien Rainbows had piled the pressure on the Italian coach and his team ahead of their first encounter with their bitter rivals Valletta who were unbeaten in their opening...
Read MoreDay 04 Valletta 2 Balzan 2
Balzan came back from two goals down to share the spoils with champions Valletta in an entertaining game this evening. The game looked over as contest when Umeh Calistus Uchenna gave the champions a deserved two-goal lead at the end of the first half but Balzan were a transformed team after the change of...
Read MoreDay 03 Valletta 5 Pembroke 1
Valletta broke little sweat in overcoming the challenge of Pembroke Athleta as they raced to a 5-1 win at the National Stadium. Federico Falcone, back in the Valletta line-up after recovering from injury, made his presence felt when on seven minutes he controlled the ball inside the area and hit a fierce drive past...
Read MoreDay 02 Valletta 1 Mosta 0
Jhonnattann struck the only goal, from a penalty, as champions Valletta had to fight really hard to fend off the stiff challenge of Mosta. A combative clash produced two red cards, one for each team, and a spate of cautions as Mosta, well-organised and spirited, gave Valletta a rough ride but, as in their...
Read MoreDay 01 Valletta 2 Sliema W 1
Veteran midfielder Roderick Briffa scored a brilliant goal as Valletta opened their title defence with a hard-earned 2-1 win over Sliema Wanderers. As the scoreline clearly indicates, the champions had to fight really hard for the points as Sliema were brisk and organised, growing in stature after cancelling out Llywelyn Cremona's opener. For a...
Read MoreValletta 1 Red Star Belgrade 2
A gutsy performance from Valletta was not enough to earn them a positive result in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round match against Crvena Zvezda as the Serbian outfit came back from a goal down to win 2-1. While the defeat was hard to take for Valletta, who had taken...
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