Hibernians drop valuable points against Senglea

SENGLEA ATHLETICS 1 Wilkson 32 HIBERNIANS 1 Grech 4 pen. Hibernians missed another golden opportunity to bridge the gap on the Premier League frontrunners when they could only manage a 1-1 draw against Senglea Athletic. After last week’s disappointing defeat to Sirens, the Paolites were desperate to get back to winning ways in a bid to relaunch their title challenge, particularly after leaders Floriana dropped points against Gżira United on Saturday. It looked as though Hibernians were on course when they took a fourth-minute lead courtesy of a Jake Grech penalty conversion. But the Paolites failed to build on that bright start as they looked short of ideas and were ultimately made to pay by a fine individual effort from Jose Wilkson that earned a merited point to Senglea. After this result, Hibernians joined Sirens in third place on 31 points, four adrift of joint-leaders Valletta and Floriana while Senglea remained second from bottom on 16 points. Hibernians coach Stefano Sanderra handed a debut to Jorge Santos Silva in the absence of the injured Jurgen Degabriele while Luis Edison ‘Tarabai’ was named on the bench after his return to the club last month. Senglea, on their...