Football betting preview: Mqabba vs St. George's

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Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium (6000 seats)

The First Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 13th and 9th respectively.

Mqabba and St. George's 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.

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Mqabba form and stats

Mqabba's first First Division home game here at Victor Tedesco Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from 13 matches.

Mqabba drew their last game, 1-1 away at Vittoriosa Stars (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Mqabba lost 1-2 at home to Lija Athletic.

Early season league goal statistics from Mqabba's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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St. George's form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first First Division away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 2 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The manager E. Degabriele was unhappy after their last game, a First Division match played at their home ground Victor Tedesco Stadium. St. George's suffered a 1-3 loss to Pembroke Athleta (placed 5th). A 1-1 draw at Qrendi's stadium before that.

St. George's have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 4 - 4 - 1 (Mqabba wins - draws - St. George's wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Mqabba missing players

St. George's missing players

Mqabba St. George's
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
3 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Mqabba Last season St. George's
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
9 5   Won W   2 4
5 1   Drew D   5 7
12 7   Lost L   6 15
25 15   Scored S   12 20
39 22   Conceded C   22 46
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 85%
73% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 62%
42% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 38%
27% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 31%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 23%
42% 54%   BTTS BTTS   46% 38%
23% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 27%
42% 38%   Failed to Score F T   46% 50%
 
4.5 5.6   Corners For (avg) C F   0 0
2.6 3.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   0 0
2 1   Red Cards R C   0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Mqabba have created more than twice as many corners as St. George's.
  • Mqabba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mqabba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. George's have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Mqabba
All Fa Trophy First Division
All Home Away
22-04-19 FD Pembroke Athleta 1 - 1 Mqabba
28-04-19 FD Mqabba 1 - 2 Gudja United
13-09-19 FD Pieta Hotspurs 1 - 0 Mqabba
20-09-19 FD Mqabba 1 - 2 Lija Athletic
29-09-19 FD Vittoriosa Stars 1 - 1 Mqabba
05-10-19 FD Mqabba 15:15 St. George's
14-10-19 FD Fgura United 18:15 Mqabba
18-10-19 FD Mqabba - Zejtun Corinthians
28-10-19 FAT Dingli Swallows 17:00 Mqabba
01-11-19 FD Swieqi - Mqabba
St. George's
All Fa Trophy First Division
All Home Away
22-10-17 FAT San Gwann 2 - 0 St. George's
27-10-18 FAT St. George's 0 - 4 Lija Athletic
16-09-19 FD St. George's 2 - 2 Qormi
22-09-19 FD Qrendi 1 - 1 St. George's
29-09-19 FD St. George's 1 - 3 Pembroke Athleta
05-10-19 FD Mqabba 15:15 St. George's
14-10-19 FD St. George's 16:00 Lija Athletic
18-10-19 FD Vittoriosa Stars - St. George's
26-10-19 FAT Pieta Hotspurs 15:15 St. George's
01-11-19 FD Pieta Hotspurs - St. George's

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lija Athletic 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 Qormi 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 5 7
3 Qrendi 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 7
4 St. Andrews 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 7
5 Pembroke Athleta 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 6
6 Zebbug Rangers 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
7 Pietà Hotspurs 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
8 Naxxar Lions 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
9 St. George's 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
10 Zejtun Corinthians 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
11 Swieqi 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
12 Vittoriosa Stars 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
13 Mqabba 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Fgura United 3 0 0 3 2 11 2 0 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 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 Sirens 26 18 5 3 60 19 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 8 3 2 36 12 41 59
2 Gudja United 26 15 7 4 44 28 13 6 5 2 17 13 13 9 2 2 27 15 16 52
3 Santa Lucia 26 13 9 4 68 32 13 6 4 3 33 19 13 7 5 1 35 13 36 48
4 Naxxar Lions 26 13 6 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 25 18 13 6 3 4 22 17 12 45
5 Pembroke Athleta 26 10 10 6 34 22 13 5 7 1 18 9 13 5 3 5 16 13 12 40
6 Zebbug Rangers 26 10 7 9 35 30 13 3 4 6 13 18 13 7 3 3 22 12 5 37
7 Lija Athletic 26 9 8 9 49 50 13 6 4 3 25 17 13 3 4 6 24 33 -1 35
8 Swieqi 26 10 4 12 38 39 13 4 4 5 17 23 13 6 0 7 21 16 -1 34
9 Zejtun Corinthians 26 8 8 10 35 32 13 4 2 7 20 22 13 4 6 3 15 10 3 32
10 Qrendi 26 10 2 14 41 50 13 6 1 6 22 26 13 4 1 8 19 24 -9 32
11 Mqabba 26 9 5 12 25 39 13 5 1 7 15 22 13 4 4 5 10 17 -14 32
12 Vittoriosa Stars 26 6 11 9 27 36 13 4 4 5 17 20 13 2 7 4 10 16 -9 29
13 San Gwann 26 7 2 17 30 52 13 3 1 9 15 25 13 4 1 8 15 27 -22 23
14 Marsa 26 1 2 23 17 86 13 1 1 11 7 43 13 0 1 12 10 43 -69 5
14 Marsa 17 1 2 14 12 52 9 1 1 7 5 26 8 0 1 7 7 26 -40 5
15 Racing Santander 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
16 Cultural Leonesa 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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 Hamrun Spartans 26 19 7 0 60 15 13 10 3 0 33 7 13 9 4 0 27 8 45 64
2 Gzira United 26 19 7 0 58 13 13 9 4 0 28 6 13 10 3 0 30 7 45 64
3 Senglea Athletic 26 16 4 6 47 21 13 9 2 2 29 10 13 7 2 4 18 11 26 52
4 Pietà Hotspurs 26 13 5 8 32 27 13 5 4 4 14 11 13 8 1 4 18 16 5 44
5 Lija Athletic 26 12 5 9 40 27 13 5 1 7 18 18 13 7 4 2 22 9 13 41
6 Vittoriosa Stars 26 10 7 9 39 31 13 3 5 5 15 13 13 7 2 4 24 18 8 37
7 Mqabba 26 10 5 11 44 33 13 6 2 5 23 13 13 4 3 6 21 20 11 35
8 Zebbug Rangers 26 9 5 12 30 32 13 5 1 7 16 18 13 4 4 5 14 14 -2 32
9 Rabat Ajax 26 9 3 14 27 37 13 3 3 7 9 17 13 6 0 7 18 20 -10 30
10 Melita 26 8 4 14 23 48 13 3 3 7 10 22 13 5 1 7 13 26 -25 28
11 Fgura United 26 7 6 13 22 38 13 4 4 5 11 19 13 3 2 8 11 19 -16 27
12 San Gwann 26 7 6 13 30 50 13 4 2 7 19 25 13 3 4 6 11 25 -20 27
13 St. George's 26 4 7 15 20 46 13 2 2 9 8 24 13 2 5 6 12 22 -26 19
14 Gudja United 26 2 3 21 22 76 13 0 1 12 14 44 13 2 2 9 8 32 -54 9

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