Santa Lucia fights Lija Athletic in First Division battle

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Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Fri 26.April
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Santa Lucia perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Lija Athletic can look both up and down from their 7th position.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Division game only three days ago.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Lija Athletic's home stadium. The visitors last four games on grass have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.

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Santa Lucia form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Santa Lucia, who have the most scored goals (62) in First Division, have to build on here.

Santa Lucia are returning here after visiting Marsa in a First Division game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Santa Lucia won a home game hosting Swieqi (3-1).

The Santa Lucia manager has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games. Santa Lucia have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Lija Athletic form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Lija Athletic delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Zejtun Corinthians in their previous match; a First Division game. Prior to that match, the Lija Athletic manager J. Galea faced defeat when travelling to Qrendi and losing 2-3.

The travelling fans enjoy Lija Athletic's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 12 away matches. For Lija Athletic, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Lija Athletic - Santa Lucia 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last one meeting between the teams: Santa Lucia won 1, Lija Athletic won 0 and 0 draws.

Santa Lucia missing players

Lija Athletic missing players

Santa Lucia Lija Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
25 12 Played 12 25
62 27 Scored 22 47
30 17 Conceded 27 44
96% 92% Over 0.5 100% 100%
88% 83% Over 1.5 100% 96%
72% 67% Over 2.5 83% 72%
56% 58% Over 3.5 58% 52%
32% 33% Over 4.5 33% 28%
64% 67% Both teams to score 83% 80%
24% 17% Clean Sheet 8% 12%
16% 25% Failed To Score 8% 8%
 
3.1 3.7 Corners For (avg) 4.2 3.8
1.6 1.9 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 2.8
1.4 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.9 1.6
2 2 Red Cards (total) 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Lija Athletic hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lija Athletic is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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 25 17 5 3 59 19 12 9 2 1 23 7 13 8 3 2 36 12 40 56
2 Gudja United 24 14 7 3 41 25 12 6 5 1 16 11 12 8 2 2 25 14 16 49
3 Santa Lucia 25 12 9 4 62 30 12 5 4 3 27 17 13 7 5 1 35 13 32 45
4 Naxxar Lions 25 12 6 7 42 35 12 6 3 3 20 18 13 6 3 4 22 17 7 42
5 Pembroke Athleta 24 10 8 6 32 20 11 5 5 1 16 7 13 5 3 5 16 13 12 38
6 Zebbug Rangers 24 10 6 8 34 27 12 3 4 5 13 16 12 7 2 3 21 11 7 36
7 Lija Athletic 25 9 8 8 47 44 13 6 4 3 25 17 12 3 4 5 22 27 3 35
8 Swieqi 25 10 4 11 38 38 13 4 4 5 17 23 12 6 0 6 21 15 0 34
9 Zejtun Corinthians 25 8 8 9 34 30 12 4 2 6 19 20 13 4 6 3 15 10 4 32
10 Mqabba 24 9 4 11 23 36 12 5 1 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 9 16 -13 31
11 Vittoriosa Stars 25 6 10 9 25 34 13 4 4 5 17 20 12 2 6 4 8 14 -9 28
12 Qrendi 24 8 2 14 37 49 13 6 1 6 22 26 11 2 1 8 15 23 -12 26
13 San Gwann 24 6 1 17 26 49 12 3 0 9 13 23 12 3 1 8 13 26 -23 19
14 Marsa 25 1 2 22 17 81 13 1 1 11 7 43 12 0 1 11 10 38 -64 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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