National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Floriana or Santa Lucia that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!
Floriana form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here at Gozo Stadium for Floriana. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Floriana's last game was hosting Sirens and winning 1-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Pietà Hotspurs with a 3-1 scoreline.As for guarding their own goal, Floriana have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Santa Lucia form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the semi-finals.There's been little loot from Santa Lucia's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Santa Lucia only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Santa Lucia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Balzan.
A loss against Gzira United was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Floriana victories, two draws and three Santa Lucia wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Rodrigues Farias 6 goals |  K. Reid 4 goals | M. Veselji 3 goals |
Floriana missing players
Santa Lucia missing players
| Floriana | Santa Lucia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 16 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 18 | 41 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 40% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 7 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | Hibernians | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Mosta | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Floriana | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Gudja United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Balzan | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Valletta | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Sirens | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Zebbug Rangers | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -19 | 7 |
| 13 | Santa Lucia | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -21 | 5 |
| 14 | Pietà Hotspurs | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -27 | 5 |
