TA’QALI, Malta (Interstat) — Ognjen Bjeličić scored in the 47th minute to lift Hamrun Spartans to a 1-0 victory over Valletta in a Maltese Premier League match Saturday at Ta’Qali National Stadium. The lone goal gave the home side a win in its season opener, defying a pregame projection from Interstat that had forecast a 1-1 draw. Valletta, held scoreless, begins its campaign with a loss. The statistical service had given Hamrun Spartans a 60.2 percent probability of winning the contest.