The First Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. St. Andrews and Vittoriosa Stars are placed 15th and 5th respectively.
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!
St. Andrews form and stats
St. Andrews's first First Division home game here at MFA Centenary Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 9 matches.
Andrews are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Qrendi. Before that game, the home loss against Fgura United with the scoreline 0-3.
This is expected to be a close game, with St. Andrews perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Andrews as a small favourite), we find two games. Andrews has won zero of these, drawn one and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. George's are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the St. Andrews at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the First Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 10 matches.
Vittoriosa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against San Gwann (placed 4th) in their previous match; a First Division game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vittoriosa playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were one Vittoriosa Stars win, zero draws and zero defeats.
A new game in only four days for Vittoriosa, the First Division home match versus Zebbug Rangers. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Vittoriosa Stars has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Andrews, one draw and three wins for Vittoriosa Stars. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.St. Andrews missing players
Vittoriosa Stars missing players
| St. Andrews | Vittoriosa Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | 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 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 14 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| St. Andrews | Last season | Vittoriosa Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 26% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 74% | ||
| 37% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 114 | 70 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 67 | ||
| 48 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 32 | ||
| 46% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Swieqi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Fgura United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | San Gwann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Vittoriosa Stars | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Marsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Mqabba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Qrendi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Naxxar Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Qormi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Pietà Hotspurs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Zebbug Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | St. George's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | St. Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zejtun Corinthians | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Lija Athletic | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Qrendi | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Naxxar Lions | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Pembroke Athleta | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | St. Andrews | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 | Zebbug Rangers | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Pietà Hotspurs | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Fgura United | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Swieqi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Qormi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Vittoriosa Stars | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Mqabba | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | St. George's | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -20 | 16 |