Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swieqi & Zebbug Rangers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Swieqi form and stats
Swieqi participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Swieqi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Naxxar Lions's place. The match ended 3-1.
A 2-2 draw away in the First Division before that, with Lija Athletic the opponent.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Swieqi, as the First Division home game vs Fgura United is only four days away.
Zebbug Rangers form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zebbug Rangers so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Zebbug lost away at Birkirkara (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Birkirkara was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Balzan.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zebbug Rangers as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Zebbug Rangers concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Swieqi one win, one draw and Zebbug Rangers five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngoy 9 goals |  S. Bugeja 1 goals | S. Milošković 1 goals |
Swieqi missing players
Zebbug Rangers missing players
| Swieqi | Zebbug Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 37% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 63% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 |
