Sliema Wanderers vs Senglea Athletic: Match guide and preview

It's no vacation for neither Sliema Wanderers nor Senglea Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Sliema Wanderers form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Sliema Wanderers are 4-0-4 (wins-draw-losses). With Sliema Wanderers having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Pisanu.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Sliema Wanderers, as their goalkeeper Jake Galea has completely shut out the opponents for 204 minutes in the Premier League.

Wanderers drew their last game, 0-0 away at Valletta (placed 10th). Before that match, a win away at Santa Lucia.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wanderers as they are travelling to their away game against St. Andrews in the Fa Trophy. That match is four days after this one.

Wanderers can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Senglea Athletic form and stats

Senglea Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-1-8 (9 played). Senglea are desperate to end a 17-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Lija Athletic fixture. A depressing four defeats in a row for Senglea in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Balzan.

A loss against Hamrun Spartans was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.

Senglea are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 9 away games. Senglea Athletic are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 4 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Senglea Athletic - Wanderers 0-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Wanderers, two draws and two wins for Senglea Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

J. Farrugia 12 goals

G. Da Silva Ribeiro 4 goals

J. Cisotti 4 goals

Sliema Wanderers missing players

Senglea Athletic missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Hamrun Spartans	18	12	5	1	45	16	9	6	2	1	27	9	9	6	3	0	18	7	29	41
2	Hibernians	18	12	3	3	40	18	10	6	2	2	23	9	8	6	1	1	17	9	22	39
3	Gzira United	18	10	5	3	39	17	9	6	2	1	24	9	9	4	3	2	15	8	22	35
4	Sliema Wanderers	18	10	2	6	30	22	8	4	0	4	16	14	10	6	2	2	14	8	8	32
5	Birkirkara	17	9	4	4	32	21	8	3	2	3	16	12	9	6	2	1	16	9	11	31
6	Mosta	17	7	5	5	31	29	8	3	3	2	14	11	9	4	2	3	17	18	2	26
7	Santa Lucia	18	6	7	5	27	27	10	4	3	3	15	16	8	2	4	2	12	11	0	25
8	Sirens	18	7	4	7	24	28	9	2	3	4	9	15	9	5	1	3	15	13	-4	25
9	Gudja United	17	7	3	7	24	23	9	2	2	5	9	14	8	5	1	2	15	9	1	24
10	Valletta	17	6	6	5	19	24	9	4	2	3	11	14	8	2	4	2	8	10	-5	24
11	Zejtun Corinthians	18	6	5	7	26	27	8	3	2	3	14	12	10	3	3	4	12	15	-1	23
12	Balzan	18	4	7	7	20	23	10	3	4	3	10	9	8	1	3	4	10	14	-3	19
13	Floriana	18	5	4	9	22	31	9	3	2	4	10	14	9	2	2	5	12	17	-9	19
14	Lija Athletic	17	3	3	11	17	36	9	2	3	4	10	11	8	1	0	7	7	25	-19	12
15	Tarxien Rainbows	18	3	3	12	16	35	8	1	1	6	6	16	10	2	2	6	10	19	-19	12
16	Senglea Athletic	17	0	2	15	7	42	8	0	1	7	3	17	9	0	1	8	4	25	-35	2