First Division match preview: San Gwann versus Sirens

Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium

Struggling San Gwann will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sirens in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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San Gwann form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season, with San Gwann only managing 3 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses so far from their games here at Victor Tedesco Stadium.

The fans are hoping that San Gwann will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the First Division game against Naxxar Lions (placed 4th). Before that game, the home loss against Santa Lucia with the scoreline 1-4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for San Gwann, as the First Division home game vs Zebbug Rangers is only three days away.

San Gwann are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 12 goals in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the San Gwann defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games.

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Sirens form and stats

Sirens have an excellent away record so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games.

The manager K. Vella was unhappy after their last game, a First Division match played at their home ground Victor Tedesco Stadium. Sirens suffered a 1-2 loss to Zebbug Rangers (placed 8th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Naxxar Lions.

Sirens are scoring goals for fun in their away games this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (34 goals from 10 away games). As opposed to that, Sirens have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sirens - San Gwann 5-0 played earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 San Gwann victory, 1 draw and 2 Sirens wins.

Top Goalscorers

San Gwann missing players

Sirens missing players

San Gwann Sirens
Total Home Statistic Away Total
20 9 Played 10 20
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
70% 78% Over 1.5 60% 80%
60% 78% Over 2.5 40% 65%
40% 33% Over 3.5 20% 35%
25% 22% Over 4.5 10% 20%
45% 56% Both teams to score 50% 60%
20% 22% Clean Sheet 50% 40%
35% 22% Failed To Score 0% 0%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sirens 20 14 4 2 51 16 10 7 2 1 17 6 10 7 2 1 34 10 35 46
2 Gudja United 20 12 6 2 32 18 10 4 5 1 10 8 10 8 1 1 22 10 14 42
3 Santa Lucia 20 9 8 3 48 25 10 4 3 3 22 14 10 5 5 0 26 11 23 35
4 Naxxar Lions 20 8 6 6 29 28 10 4 3 3 13 16 10 4 3 3 16 12 1 30
5 Pembroke Athleta 20 7 8 5 26 17 9 3 5 1 13 7 11 4 3 4 13 10 9 29
6 Swieqi 20 9 2 9 28 28 10 4 2 4 12 17 10 5 0 5 16 11 0 29
7 Mqabba 20 8 4 8 20 27 9 4 1 4 11 15 11 4 3 4 9 12 -7 28
8 Zebbug Rangers 20 7 6 7 26 24 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 5 2 3 17 11 2 27
9 Lija Athletic 20 7 6 7 33 33 11 5 3 3 19 14 9 2 3 4 14 19 0 27
10 Zejtun Corinthians 20 7 5 8 27 24 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 4 4 2 11 5 3 26
11 Vittoriosa Stars 20 6 8 6 21 22 10 4 3 3 14 13 10 2 5 3 7 9 -1 26
12 San Gwann 20 6 1 13 24 40 9 3 0 6 12 16 11 3 1 7 12 24 -16 19
13 Qrendi 20 5 2 13 26 39 11 5 1 5 18 20 9 0 1 8 8 19 -13 17
14 Marsa 20 1 2 17 12 62 11 1 1 9 5 34 9 0 1 8 7 28 -50 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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