Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birkirkara & Mosta face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Mosta play their home games on artifical turf, while this game takes place on grass. Relevant results for Mosta when featuring on grass are 9 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats from 27 matches. They have managed to score 39 goals and conceded 48 times in these fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Birkirkara form and stats
Last season, Birkirkara's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 8th finals.Birkirkara have collected 20 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-5-1.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Valletta last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that, Birkirkara played out a Premier League draw 0-0 when visiting Sliema Wanderers.The Birkirkara fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Mosta form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 8th finals.3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mosta in their Premier League matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Mosta, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Gudja United.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Valletta.Mosta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. The Mosta manager Grech has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Birkirkara six wins, two draws and Mosta two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Montebello 10 goals |  S. Akinbule 9 goals | F. Falcone 5 goals |
Birkirkara missing players
Mosta missing players
| Birkirkara | Mosta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 51 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 38% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernians | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 2 | Floriana | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Hamrun Spartans | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Gzira United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Gudja United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sirens | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 8 | Valletta | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Mosta | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | -9 | 25 |
| 10 | Balzan | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Sliema Wanderers | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 12 |
