It's early days in the First Division and both Mqabba and Qrendi are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
The hosts Mqabba saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the First Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Fgura United.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on sand pitch and that the visiting Qrendi have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on sand pitch is 2-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
Mqabba form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first First Division game of the season here at MFA Centenary Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from Mqabba's 9 home games.
An away draw last time out for Mqabba, facing Fgura United in a game that ended 2-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mqabba as they are travelling to their away game against Vittoriosa Stars in the First Division. That match is three days after this one.
Mqabba has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Qrendi form and stats
Qrendi are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two travels in a row for Qrendi, whose manager could celebrate last time after the First Division win against Zebbug Rangers. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs St. Andrews.
Qrendi have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Mqabba-Qrendi H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Mqabba four wins, Qrendi one win, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Mqabba missing players
Qrendi missing players
| Mqabba | Qrendi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 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 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 44% |
| Mqabba | Last season | Qrendi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 63% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 79% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 58% | ||
| 21% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 74% | 89% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 84% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 16% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 5% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 69 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 87 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 48 | ||
| 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 62% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | San Gwann | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Swieqi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Fgura United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Vittoriosa Stars | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Qrendi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Andrews | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Qormi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Marsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Naxxar Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pieta Hotspurs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Zebbug Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | St. George's | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 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 | Pieta 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 |