International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Valletta and Bala Town are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the 1st Qualifying Round.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Bala Town have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-1-9 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.
Valletta form and stats
Valletta was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Valletta so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Valletta, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Valletta crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Gudja United here at Ta'Qali National Stadium in a Premier League match. Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Gudja United that was lost 0-2.
The Valletta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valletta defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bala Town form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the preliminary round against Tre Fiori.Bala Town love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Bala's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Connah's Quay that finished 2-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Newtown.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Venables 22 goals | H. Jones 12 goals | J. Spittle 2 goals |
Valletta missing players
Bala Town missing players
| Valletta | Bala Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 48 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 226 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 242 | ||
| 93 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 98 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Floriana | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Valletta | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Hibernians | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Sirens | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Birkirkara | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Gzira United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | Balzan | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Mosta | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Hamrun Spartans | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sliema Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Gudja United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Senglea Athletic | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -43 | 4 |