A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Lija Athletic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Lija Athletic, who have the most scored goals (25) in First Division, have scored 13 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the First Division are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Lija Athletic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to St. Andrews here in a First Division match. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Zebbug Rangers.
Lija Athletic can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. Lija Athletic have conceded 9 from these games.
Qormi form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Qormi playing as the away team in the First Division this season.
The supporters enjoyed Qormi's previous game versus Mqabba (placed 11th), a First Division 3-0 win played at home. A 2-5 defeat away at Pembroke Athleta before that.
Qormi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. The Qormi manager M. Psaila has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Lija Athletic, 1 draw and 0 wins for Qormi. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Top Goalscorers
  T. Gusman 7 goals |  A. Rozzi 4 goals |
Lija Athletic missing players
Qormi missing players
| Lija Athletic | Qormi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 91% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 73% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 32 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 100% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
- All of Qormi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lija Athletic has the most points (13) at home
- Lija Athletic has the most scored goals (13) at home
- Lija Athletic has the most scored goals (25)
- Lija Athletic has the the best goal difference (+4) at home
- Lija Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lija Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Lija Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Qormi has the most matches over the total-line (6)
- Qormi has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Qormi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Qormi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zejtun Corinthians | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Lija Athletic | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | St. Andrews | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Naxxar Lions | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Pieta Hotspurs | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Pembroke Athleta | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Zebbug Rangers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Swieqi | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Qormi | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Mqabba | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | St. George's | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 13 | Vittoriosa Stars | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Fgura United | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 7 |