Season ticket holders at MFA Centenary Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with St. George's languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Pietà Hotspurs will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
St. George's and Pietà Hotspurs should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
St. George's form and stats
St. George's's results here at MFA Centenary Stadium in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The St. George's fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at MFA Centenary Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Vittoriosa Stars (placed 12th).
St. George's are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as St. George's have allowed the opposition to score 23 goals here at MFA Centenary Stadium.
Pietà Hotspurs form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pietà Hotspurs playing as the away team in the First Division this season.
Pietà Hotspurs's previous game was their home loss versus St. Andrews (0-1). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Vittoriosa Stars.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pietà Hotspurs have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. As for defending, Pietà Hotspurs rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Pietà Hotspurs - St. George's 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. George's won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Pietà Hotspurs has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveSt. George's missing players
Pietà Hotspurs missing players
| St. George's | Pietà Hotspurs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 43 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 63% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 58% |
| 47% | 67% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 53% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 32% |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 29 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 50 |
| 20 | 14 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 140% | 57% |
- All of St. George's's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pietà Hotspurs has the fewest scored goals (22)
- Pietà Hotspurs have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Pietà Hotspurs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. George's has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. George's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- St. George's has the most conceded goals (43)
- St. George's has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
- St. George's has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- St. George's have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- St. George's have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- St. George's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. George's haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 |