First Division: Fgura United - Zebbug Rangers preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Malta First Division
Competition: Fri 17.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

Round two of the First Division season and the teams have learned from the first game. Here's the best Fgura United - Zebbug Rangers pre-match guide:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Fgura United form and stats

Last season, Fgura United's league stats were 7 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 12th spot in the First Division. Over these 21 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 35. Appearing as the home side in the former season Fgura United produced 4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 15 conceded.

Fgura lost their last game at Swieqi (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vittoriosa Stars (0-1).

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Zebbug Rangers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Zebbug Rangers performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 22/14 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Pieta Hotspurs with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

A home win before that, celebrating 6-2 vs Qormi.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Fgura United victories, one draw and one Zebbug Rangers win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Fgura United missing players

Zebbug Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fgura United Zebbug Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Fgura United Last season Zebbug Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
21 10   Played P   11 22
7 4   Won W   5 10
5 3   Drew D   2 4
9 3   Lost L   4 8
26 15   Scored S   22 45
35 15   Conceded C   14 30
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
76% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 82%
67% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
38% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 36%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 27%
52% 60%   BTTS BTTS   55% 55%
29% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
29% 20%   Failed to Score F T   27% 18%
 
2.9 3.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
5.8 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 4.2
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
4.3 4.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.1 5
2.2 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.1
53% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 69%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tarxien Rainbows 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Qrendi 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Pieta Hotspurs 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Swieqi 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Marsa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 St. Andrews 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Mgarr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fgura United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Zebbug Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Luqa 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Senglea Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Marsa 22 15 5 2 54 21 11 8 2 1 25 6 11 7 3 1 29 15 33 50
2 Pembroke Athleta 22 13 8 1 41 18 10 7 2 1 17 7 12 6 6 0 24 11 23 47
3 San Gwann 22 9 9 4 43 32 11 6 5 0 24 10 11 3 4 4 19 22 11 36
4 Zebbug Rangers 22 10 4 8 45 30 11 5 2 4 23 16 11 5 2 4 22 14 15 34
5 Swieqi 22 10 4 8 41 30 11 6 2 3 22 17 11 4 2 5 19 13 11 34
6 Naxxar Lions 20 9 3 8 28 25 10 5 0 5 17 16 10 4 3 3 11 9 3 30
7 Qrendi 21 8 5 8 28 39 10 4 1 5 15 25 11 4 4 3 13 14 -11 29
8 Pieta Hotspurs 21 8 3 10 35 35 11 5 2 4 22 21 10 3 1 6 13 14 0 27
9 St. Andrews 22 8 3 11 29 33 13 5 2 6 16 17 9 3 1 5 13 16 -4 27
10 Vittoriosa Stars 21 6 9 6 20 25 11 3 6 2 10 10 10 3 3 4 10 15 -5 27
11 Marsaxlokk 19 6 8 5 25 13 8 3 3 2 16 7 11 3 5 3 9 6 12 26
12 Fgura United 21 7 5 9 26 35 10 4 3 3 15 15 11 3 2 6 11 20 -9 26
13 Mqabba 21 6 6 9 19 29 10 2 4 4 7 11 11 4 2 5 12 18 -10 24
14 St. George's 20 3 4 13 16 40 11 3 2 6 9 18 9 0 2 7 7 22 -24 13
15 Qormi 22 1 4 17 15 60 11 0 4 7 6 25 11 1 0 10 9 35 -45 2

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tarxien Rainbows 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Qrendi 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Pieta Hotspurs 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Swieqi 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Marsa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 St. Andrews 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Mgarr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fgura United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Zebbug Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Luqa 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Senglea Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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