Victor Tedesco Stadium: St. Andrews vs Pietà Hotspurs First Division full preview

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Competition: Malta First Division
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium (6000 seats)

Battling St. Andrews will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they greet top side Pietà Hotspurs in the next league match. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home fans will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • St. Andrews have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
  • Pietà Hotspurs have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

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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St. Andrews form and stats

St. Andrews have collected 8 points from their First Division home games so far after 2-2-1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for St. Andrews after consecutive victories at their own ground.

St. Andrews are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Marsa.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Qrendi.

The Andrews fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, St. Andrews have conceded 6 goals.

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Pietà Hotspurs form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.

Pietà Hotspurs's previous game was their home loss versus Zebbug Rangers (0-1).

A 2-2 draw at Swieqi's stadium before that.

Pietà Hotspurs have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Hotspurs in these games.

Head 2 Head

Pietà Hotspurs - St. Andrews 3-1 was the story when this pair of participants previously played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (St. Andrews wins - draws - Pietà Hotspurs wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

St. Andrews missing players

Pietà Hotspurs missing players

St. Andrews Pietà Hotspurs
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 5 11
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
17 9 0 Scored S 0 5 15
18 6 0 Conceded C 2 5 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
64% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 36%
45% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 36%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 45%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 18%
 
5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 7.3 6.2
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.3 3.7
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.2 2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.7 5.8
2.2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.3
55% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 57%
 
3.6 2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 2 3 6.2
3 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.7 3
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • All of St. Andrews's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Pietà Hotspurs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Andrews have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • St. Andrews have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
  • St. Andrews have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in First Division
  • St. Andrews have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • St. Andrews 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 Pietà Hotspurs 10 6 2 2 15 9 5 4 0 1 10 4 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 20
2 Tarxien Rainbows 10 5 4 1 22 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 4 1 0 15 5 9 19
3 Zebbug Rangers 10 5 2 3 21 9 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 3 0 2 14 5 12 17
4 Marsa 11 4 5 2 17 11 6 3 3 0 12 4 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 17
5 Fgura United 11 4 4 3 18 10 6 2 3 1 11 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 8 16
6 Swieqi 11 3 6 2 11 13 5 1 2 2 4 8 6 2 4 0 7 5 -2 15
7 Qrendi 10 4 1 5 15 16 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 2 0 3 6 9 -1 13
8 St. Andrews 11 3 3 5 17 18 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 1 1 4 8 12 -1 12
9 Senglea Athletic 10 3 1 6 9 22 5 2 0 3 4 11 5 1 1 3 5 11 -13 10
10 Mgarr 10 2 2 6 7 18 5 2 0 3 4 8 5 0 2 3 3 10 -11 8
11 Luqa 10 1 4 5 6 19 5 1 1 3 3 13 5 0 3 2 3 6 -13 7