National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Senglea Athletic or Tarxien Rainbows that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Senglea nor Tarxien Rainbows 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.
Senglea Athletic form and stats
Senglea was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Fa Trophy.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at MFA Centenary Stadium.
Senglea's last game was hosting Luqa and winning 1-0.
Heartbreak before that as Senglea lost 0-1 at Pieta Hotspurs's place.There will be little rest for Senglea after this match as they are travelling to Fgura United for a First Division game in only three days.
Senglea Athletic have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Senglea Athletic scored 0 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Tarxien Rainbows form and stats
Tarxien Rainbows was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 8th finals last season.Momentum is building for Tarxien Rainbows in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
There were no winners in Rainbows's previous match, a First Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Marsa.
Prior to that result Rainbows won their away game at Qrendi in the First Division. The scoreline was 2-1.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Senglea zero wins, four draws and Tarxien Rainbows six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Senglea Athletic missing players
Tarxien Rainbows missing players
| Senglea Athletic | Tarxien Rainbows | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 62 | 25 | Conceded | C | 31 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 46% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||