Pieta Hotspurs vs Lija Athletic betting preview

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Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Fri 27.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Lija Athletic have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Pieta Hotspurs. Prepare for the match with this First Division preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Pietà Hotspurs form and stats

The hosts won their first First Division game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Pietà Hotspurs last season were 2 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses from 13 games.

Pietà Hotspurs manager R. Zammit and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Naxxar Lions (placed 8th) in the First Division. Before that, Pietà Hotspurs had a home game versus Mqabba which ended with a victory 1-0.

Pietà Hotspurs has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Lija Athletic form and stats

Only one away game in the First Division so far for Lija Athletic and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 losses from 13 travels.

Lija Athletic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Mqabba (placed 13th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Pembroke Athleta.

It's early days yet, but Lija Athletic has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pietà Hotspurs 2 wins, 3 draws and Lija Athletic 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Chimezie
6 goals
N. Pisani
3 goals

Pietà Hotspurs missing players

Lija Athletic missing players

Pietà Hotspurs Lija Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
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
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Pietà Hotspurs Last season Lija Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
3 2   Won W   3 9
4 2   Drew D   4 8
19 9   Lost L   6 9
25 9   Scored S   24 49
59 27   Conceded C   33 50
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
96% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 96%
69% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 73%
31% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 54%
15% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 31%
54% 38%   BTTS BTTS   85% 81%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 12%
46% 62%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
3.3 3.3   Corners For (avg) C F   5.6 5
5.5 6.2   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.6 3.7
2.2 2.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
1 0   Red Cards R C   2 3
Key stats last season:
  • All of Lija Athletic's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Pietà Hotspurs's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lija Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lija Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Pietà Hotspurs have scored home.
  • Lija Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Pietà Hotspurs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Pietà Hotspurs
All Summer Cup Fa Trophy First Division Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
20-04-19 PL Pietà Hotspurs 0 - 2 Hamrun Spartans
27-04-19 PL Sliema Wanderers 2 - 1 Pietà Hotspurs
03-05-19 FAT Pietà Hotspurs 1 - 1 Gzira United
13-09-19 FD Pietà Hotspurs 1 - 0 Mqabba
21-09-19 FD Naxxar Lions 1 - 1 Pietà Hotspurs
27-09-19 FD Pietà Hotspurs 16:00 Lija Athletic
06-10-19 FD Zebbug Rangers 14:15 Pietà Hotspurs
13-10-19 FD Pietà Hotspurs 14:15 Vittoriosa Stars
18-10-19 FD St. Andrews - Pietà Hotspurs
26-10-19 FAT Pietà Hotspurs 15:15 St. George's
Lija Athletic
All Summer Cup Fa Trophy First Division Premier League
All Home Away
13-04-19 FD Qrendi 3 - 2 Lija Athletic
22-04-19 FD Lija Athletic 2 - 2 Zejtun Corinthians
28-04-19 FD Santa Lucia 6 - 2 Lija Athletic
14-09-19 FD Lija Athletic 2 - 1 Pembroke Athleta
20-09-19 FD Mqabba 1 - 2 Lija Athletic
27-09-19 FD Pietà Hotspurs 16:00 Lija Athletic
06-10-19 FD Lija Athletic 12:00 Vittoriosa Stars
14-10-19 FD St. George's 16:00 Lija Athletic
18-10-19 FD Lija Athletic - Fgura United
25-10-19 FAT Qrendi 18:15 Lija Athletic

  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 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 St. Andrews 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Qormi 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Qrendi 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Zebbug Rangers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Pietà Hotspurs 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Pembroke Athleta 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
8 Naxxar Lions 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
9 St. George's 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Zejtun Corinthians 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Swieqi 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Vittoriosa Stars 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
13 Mqabba 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
14 Fgura United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -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 Valletta 26 18 4 4 61 18 13 9 2 2 30 8 13 9 2 2 31 10 43 58
2 Hibernians 26 18 4 4 54 27 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 10 2 1 28 13 27 58
3 Gzira United 26 13 11 2 42 21 13 7 6 0 24 12 13 6 5 2 18 9 21 50
4 Hamrun Spartans 26 12 10 4 35 20 13 7 5 1 18 9 13 5 5 3 17 11 15 46
5 Sliema Wanderers 26 13 6 7 37 26 13 6 3 4 18 13 13 7 3 3 19 13 11 45
6 Balzan 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 6 4 3 20 14 13 6 3 4 21 17 10 43
7 Birkirkara 26 12 3 11 33 26 13 6 1 6 18 15 13 6 2 5 15 11 7 39
8 Floriana 26 9 5 12 28 25 13 4 2 7 13 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 3 32
9 Mosta 26 7 8 11 30 45 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 4 4 5 16 22 -15 29
10 Senglea Athletic 26 7 5 14 33 46 13 3 1 9 15 25 13 4 4 5 18 21 -13 26
11 Tarxien Rainbows 26 8 2 16 29 58 13 4 1 8 14 31 13 4 1 8 15 27 -29 26
12 St. Andrews 26 7 3 16 25 45 13 3 2 8 13 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -20 24
13 Qormi 26 6 2 18 25 51 13 2 2 9 13 26 13 4 0 9 12 25 -26 20
14 Pietà Hotspurs 26 3 4 19 25 59 13 2 2 9 9 27 13 1 2 10 16 32 -34 13
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

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