Zabbar St Patrick’s pulled off a surprise win over Sliema Wanderers in the opening match of the second round of the 360 Sports Malta Premier league.
Strahinja Jovancic netted the vital goal just before the break.
Zabbar had finished bottom of the table in the opening round.
Hibernians were pushed all the way in a 3-2 win against Melita.
Falcone gave Hibs the lead after forty minutes only to see Simanca level for Melita after the restart.
Caruana restored Hibs lead on 53 minutes before Van der Bovankamp made it 2-2.
It looked like Melita were going to grab a precious point until Falcone scored his second of the match to clinch a narrow 3-2 win for Hibernians.
