Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Marsaxlokk & Kercem Ajax face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Marsaxlokk have less rest than Kercem Ajax in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a First Division game only four days ago. That game was an away game at San Gwann, so at least Marsaxlokk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Marsaxlokk form and stats
Marsaxlokk was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Fa Trophy.It's back home for Marsaxlokk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating San Gwann away with the result 1-0.
Preceding that match was a First Division defeat to Lija Athletic (3-4).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First Division game versus Naxxar Lions in only three days. This game is also played here at Victor Tedesco Stadium.
Kercem Ajax form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the preliminary round.As the visiting team in Gozo First Division matches, Kercem Ajax have produced an overall stat of 4-0-0 so far. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Kercem's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Victoria Wanderers game.
Home advantage was not enough for Kercem in their previous game, as they lost their Gozo First Division-match, hosting Nadur, 1-5. Kercem lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sannat Lions.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Kercem Ajax have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Marsaxlokk missing players
Kercem Ajax missing players
| Marsaxlokk | Kercem Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 64% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 75% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 19% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nadur | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 19 |
| 2 | Ghajnsielem | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Kercem Ajax | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Xewkija | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 10 |
| 5 | Victoria Hotspurs | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sannat Lions | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 7 | Oratory | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | Victoria Wanderers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 3 |