Struggling Pietà Hotspurs will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Vittoriosa Stars in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Pietà Hotspurs have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vittoriosa Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Pietà Hotspurs form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Pietà Hotspurs have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
In their previous game, the manager B. Spiteri led his Pietà Hotspurs to a defeat in the First Division match away at Qrendi. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Victor Tedesco Stadium. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Fgura United.
Hotspurs are traveling soon after this match as the Fa Trophy match at Ghajnsielem awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Hotspurs are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Pietà Hotspurs have conceded 6 from these games.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Vittoriosa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Naxxar Lions that finished 0-0. Prior to that result Vittoriosa Stars won their away game at St. George's. The scoreline was 1-0.
Vittoriosa Stars are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Vittoriosa Stars are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hotspurs five wins, one draw and Vittoriosa Stars four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Pietà Hotspurs missing players
Vittoriosa Stars missing players
| Pietà Hotspurs | Vittoriosa Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 73% |
| 55% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 27% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 4.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.5 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 79% | 90% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 125% | 79% |
- Pietà Hotspurs have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pietà Hotspurs have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Pietà Hotspurs haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vittoriosa Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vittoriosa Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Marsa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Swieqi | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Vittoriosa Stars | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | San Gwann | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Fgura United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Marsaxlokk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Zebbug Rangers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Naxxar Lions | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Pietà Hotspurs | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | St. Andrews | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Qormi | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
| 15 | St. George's | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -15 | 2 |