Mqabba have journeyed here for an appealing duel versus the hosting Melita. Get ready for the match with this full First Division preview!
Melita and Mqabba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melita form and stats
The overall First Division stats playing at home this season for Melita are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Melita in their previous match, an away game at Pembroke Athleta that ended in defeat 1-4.
Ahead of that match, Melita won a home game hosting Marsaxlokk (1-0).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melita at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Mqabba form and stats
Mqabba have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the First Division were 4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 11 fixtures.
Mqabba had fun at their own home (MFA Centenary Stadium) last time out, beating Vittoriosa Stars 2-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Naxxar Lions's place.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mqabba has managed 0 goals and let in 5 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Melita won two, Mqabba were winners in five and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.Melita missing players
Mqabba missing players
| Melita | Mqabba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Melita | Last season | Mqabba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 12 | 19 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 71% | ||
| 62% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 19% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 5% | ||
| 58% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 38% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 29% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 43% | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 50% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Naxxar Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Zejtun Corinthians | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | San Gwann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Melita | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Mqabba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 7 | Lija Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Rabat Ajax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Vittoriosa Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | St. George's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | Pietà 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 |