Struggling St. Andrews will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pembroke Athleta in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Pembroke Athleta have not yet lost a game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Andrews and Pembroke Athleta.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
St. Andrews form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for St. Andrews at their home stadium (Luxol Sports Ground) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
St. Andrews travelled for their previous game, a trip to San Gwann that ended 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Swieqi.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First Division game versus Zebbug Rangers in only four days. This game is also played here at Luxol Sports Ground.
St. Andrews are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Andrews are not conceding a lot of goals here at Luxol Sports Ground in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Pembroke Athleta form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats. It's three draws from Pembroke Athleta's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Pembroke are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Vittoriosa Stars (placed 7th). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus San Gwann.
The schedule is very tough for Pembroke now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A First Division game at St. George's is waiting in only three days.
Pembroke are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Pembroke in these games.
Head 2 Head
Andrews-Pembroke Athleta H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: St. Andrews five wins, Pembroke Athleta two wins, two draws. eight of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).St. Andrews missing players
Pembroke Athleta missing players
| St. Andrews | Pembroke Athleta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 78% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 11% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 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 |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 39% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 70% | 70% |
- All of Pembroke Athleta's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pembroke Athleta have not yet lost a game.
- Pembroke Athleta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Pembroke Athleta have scored more than double the goals of St. Andrews.
- Pembroke Athleta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Swieqi | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Marsa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Marsaxlokk | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | San Gwann | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Vittoriosa Stars | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Fgura United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Mqabba | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Zebbug Rangers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Pieta Hotspurs | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Andrews | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Naxxar Lions | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Qormi | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | St. George's | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 2 |