Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zebbug Rangers & St. Andrews face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Zebbug's stadium, Victor Tedesco Stadium, has a sand pitch surface. St. Andrews have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for St. Andrews when playing on sand pitch; 4 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 19.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the First Division. That game was also an away game, at Swieqi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Zebbug Rangers form and stats
Last season, Zebbug Rangers's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 1st round.Zebbug Rangers's last game was hosting Senglea Athletic and winning 4-1.
Ahead of that match, Zebbug won a home game hosting Swieqi (3-1).Zebbug Rangers have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Zebbug Rangers have scored 5 goals and conceded 6 times.
St. Andrews form and stats
Andrews's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 8th finals.It's the second away game in a row for St. Andrews, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Swieqi last time out.
A 1-3 loss hosting Tarxien Rainbows before that.Head 2 Head
Last six meetings involving these contenders: Zebbug Rangers won four, St. Andrews triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Zebbug Rangers missing players
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| Zebbug Rangers | St. Andrews | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 57 | 31 | Scored | S | 28 | 41 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.9 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 69% | 73% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 54% | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
