Stripes unbeaten throughout March

by Ayrton Galea - 1st April 2012

March came to an end just yesterday, and as we do are we have prepared a detailed roundup of what was the best month for the Club this season.

Birkirkara for the first time this season, stayed unbeaten for a whole month as they played five matches in which they won three and drew twice. The fine improvement shown in February was also extended in March especially when considering that ‘The Stripes' played four tough matches and they stayed unbeaten.

Besides the First Team's good results, another notable thing that occurred in March was the Women's Team being crowned champions for the fourth time. They were presented with the league cup on the 27th March.

Matches

Birkirkara's first match of the month was the last one of the second round. On the 4th March, they defeated Hamrun Spartans with a 3-1 score thanks to a brace by Jorge Santos Silva and another goal by Shola Shodiya.

The Championship Pool phase opened on a fine note, as in the first match against Floriana which was played on the 14 March, Birkirkara registered another 3-1 victory this time thanks to goals by Shola Shodiya, Nikola Vukanac and Moises Avila Perez.

Just three days later, Birkirkara's performance continued to improve and in a difficult match against Valletta, Birkirkara scored a late equaliser by converting a penalty thanks to Moises Avila Perez which enabled them to pick up a point in a 1-1 draw.

In the fourth match of this month, Birkirkara did the unexpected, when on 24 March, they defeated Hibernians who had only been defeated once that far. Once again it was from a penalty-kick taken by Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza that gave ‘The Stripes' the three precious points in a 1-0 victory.

In the last match of March which was played yesterday, Birkirkara and Sliema shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw with the Birkirkara goal scored by Jorge Santos Silva.

Team Statistics

Birkirkara played five matches and they won three and drew twice. They scored nine goals while they conceded four. In every match this month ‘The Stripes' managed to find the net. They registered a clean sheet once against Hibernians, which was the 8th one of the season. Throughout this month, Birkirkara never suffered more than a goal per match.

Out of the nine goals scored, Birkirkara scored five goals in the first half and the other four goals in the second half. On the other hand, the four goals conceded were two in the first half and two in the second half.

The earliest goal was scored by Jorge Santos Silva on the 5th minute, against Hamrun Spartans. The latest goal was scored by Moises Avila Perez on the 90th minute, against Floriana.

The best wins were against Hamrun Spartans and Floriana respectively both with a 3-1 score.

Penatlies were ordered in favour of Bikirkara in three consecutive matches, those played against Valletta, Hibernians and Sliema. Birkirkara scored the first two but the third one was blocked by the goalkeeper.

Throughout this month, Birkirkara hit the post twice, first by Jorge Santos Silva against Floriana and then by Michael Camilleri against Sliema Wanderers.

Players Statistics

Mr. Paul Zammit made use of seventeen different players throughout this month. In all five matches he used the three substitutions available.

The top scorer for the month is Jorge Santos Silva with three goals followed by Moises Avila Perez and Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza with two each.

The top scorer of the league for Birkirkara is still Moises Avila Perez. This month he added another two goals to his tally, against Floriana and Valletta respectively. This bring his total to 12 goals in the current league.

Six yellow cards and no red cards were collected by the Birkirkara players in this one month period.

A notable mark was the debut of youngster McCalister Clinch in the first match of the month against Hamrun Spartans when he was included as a substitute on the 91st minute.

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