Mqabba welcome Pembroke Athleta for another interesting First Division fixture here at Victor Tedesco Stadium.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the First Division.
It should be mentioned that Pembroke Athleta play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on sand pitch. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Pembroke Athleta on sand pitch are 2 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-40. You can compare this with overall results below.
Mqabba form and stats
A strong away win for Mqabba against Zebbug Rangers the last match. Prior to that, an away loss at Zejtun Corinthians.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mqabba as they are travelling to their away game against Fgura United in the First Division. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Mqabba's league statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the First Division. Over these 19 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Mqabba managed 2-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 19 conceded.
Pembroke Athleta form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first First Division away game of the season. During their previous season 9 away games resulted in 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A 1-1 draw at Marsaxlokk's stadium before that.
1 goal so far away for Pembroke Athleta, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Mqabba-Pembroke Athleta H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Mqabba one win, Pembroke Athleta three wins, three draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Mqabba missing players
Pembroke Athleta missing players
| Mqabba | Pembroke Athleta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Mqabba | Last season | Pembroke Athleta | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 63% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 26% | ||
| 74% | 89% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 74% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 16% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 69 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 83 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 37 | ||
| 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 78% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swieqi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | San Gwann | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Pembroke Athleta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Fgura United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Vittoriosa Stars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Marsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Naxxar Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | St. Andrews | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Qormi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pietà Hotspurs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Zebbug Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 15 | St. George's | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 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 | Zejtun Corinthians | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Lija Athletic | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Qrendi | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Naxxar Lions | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Pembroke Athleta | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | St. Andrews | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 | Zebbug Rangers | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Pietà Hotspurs | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Fgura United | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Swieqi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Qormi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Vittoriosa Stars | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Mqabba | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | St. George's | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -20 | 16 |