It's match two of the First Division campaign and everything to play for. Read our complete preview of St. George's-Naxxar Lions!
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!
St. George's form and stats
In the previous season, St. George's's league statistics were 3 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses, ending with 14th spot in the First Division. From these 20 matches they scored 16 goals and let in 40. Appearing as the home side in the last season St. George's delivered 3-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 18 conceded.
In their previous game, led his George's to a defeat in the First Division match away at San Gwann. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at MFA Centenary Stadium. George's were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against Mqabba with the scoreline 0-2.Naxxar Lions form and stats
Let's have a look at how Naxxar Lions performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 11/9 goals scored/conceded.
Naxxar Lions had fun at their own home (MFA Centenary Stadium) last time out, beating Mqabba 5-0. As mentioned above, Naxxar Lions was the only team on the pitch versus Mqabba in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting St. Andrews (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Fa Trophy.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (St. George's wins - draws - Naxxar Lions wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.St. George's missing players
Naxxar Lions missing players
| St. George's | Naxxar Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| St. George's | Last season | Naxxar Lions | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 90% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 85% | ||
| 70% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 50% | ||
| 35% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 30% | ||
| 15% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 85% | 76% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Naxxar Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | San Gwann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Pembroke Athleta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Zejtun Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Melita | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rabat Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Lija Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Vittoriosa Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | St. George's | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Mqabba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 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 | Marsa | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 33 | 50 |
| 2 | Pembroke Athleta | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | San Gwann | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Zebbug Rangers | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Swieqi | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Naxxar Lions | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Qrendi | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Pieta Hotspurs | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | St. Andrews | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Vittoriosa Stars | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | Fgura United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Mqabba | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | St. George's | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -24 | 13 |
| 15 | Qormi | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 35 | -45 | 2 |