First Division: The mid-table spots tell a story of the journey Lija Athletic and Melita have taken uptil now. Both sides are up for it; let's bake this cake!
- Lija Athletic have the most scored goals (15) at home in First Division
- Melita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Melita could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Fa Trophy game only three sleeps ago.
Lija Athletic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at MFA Centenary Stadium as Lija Athletic have scored 15 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the First Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Lija, who won 5-1 against Vittoriosa Stars (placed 9th).
Ahead of that match, Lija Athletic lost 1-3 at home to Naxxar Lions.Lija Athletic can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times.
Melita form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs St. George's.Melita are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Melita have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Melita - Lija Athletic 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lija Athletic four wins, one draw and Melita five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Lija Athletic missing players
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| Lija Athletic | Melita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 79% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 71% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 71% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 81% | 90% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 69% | 78% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
- All of Lija Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lija Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Lija Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lija Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lija Athletic have the most scored goals (15) at home in First Division
- Lija Athletic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Lija Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pembroke Athleta | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Naxxar Lions | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Zejtun Corinthians | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Marsaxlokk | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Lija Athletic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Melita | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | San Gwann | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Vittoriosa Stars | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 13 |
| 10 | Rabat Ajax | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
| 11 | St. George's | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 4 |
