Hearts 1-2 Birkirkara: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 21 July 2016

Result

Hearts 1-2 Birkirkara

Europa League · Thursday 21 July 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Hearts · Birkirkara · Europa League predictions

Hearts 1-2 Birkirkara: match report

Hearts were beaten by Birkirkara 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 21 July 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

C. Bubalović opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Hearts's goal came from C. Sammon (73'). Birkirkara scored through C. Bubalović (55') and Edward Herrera (67').

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Birkirkara received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 23rd on 7 points from 3 and Birkirkara 35th on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hearts wins, 1 draw and 0 for Birkirkara.

Going into the match Hearts's last five read D-W-W and Birkirkara's D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · C. AttardBirkirkara
  • 35'Missed penalty · Prince BaubenHearts
  • 43'Yellow card · R. SciclunaBirkirkara
  • 55'Goal · C. BubalovićBirkirkara · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Srdjan DimitrovBirkirkara
  • 67'Goal · Edward HerreraBirkirkara · 0-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Edward HerreraBirkirkara
  • 73'Goal · C. SammonHearts · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerHearts

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Hearts 0, draws 1, Birkirkara 0.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Jack Hamilton, Faycal Rherras, Igor Rossi, Alim Öztürk, Liam Smith, Jamie Walker, Prince Bauben, Arnaud Djoum, Sam Nicholson, Callum Paterson, Conor Sammon

Birkirkara line-up

Miroslav Koprić, Edward Herrera, Christian Bubalovic, Cain Attard, Gareth Sciberras, Emerson, Srđan Dimitrov, Shaun Pierre Bajada, Joseph Zerafa, Ryan Scicluna, Vito Plut