First Division match preview and statistics: St. George's fight Qrendi

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Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Struggling St. George's will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Qrendi in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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St. George's form and stats

St. George's's results here in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

An away draw last time out for St. George's, facing Qormi in a game that ended 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at St. Andrews.

St. George's has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as St. George's have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here.

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Qrendi form and stats

The strength of Qrendi on their travels this season is incredible with 15 points collected from 6 First Division away games. Qrendi has 5-0-1 on the road, with 14 goals scored and 6 conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Vittoriosa Stars with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Lija Athletic.

The Qrendi manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. As opposed to that, Qrendi have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Qrendi - St. George's 1-1, played this season.

St. George's missing players

Qrendi missing players

St. George's Qrendi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 4 6 14
3 1 0 Won W 3 5 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 3 1 Lost L 1 1 5
20 8 2 Scored S 9 14 25
33 15 4 Conceded C 4 6 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 86%
71% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 83% 79%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 50%
21% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 29%
79% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 83% 86%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 14%
14% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
2 3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 5.6
6 5.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 2.8 3.1
1.6 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
19 9 0 Total Shots T S 13 30 46
10 4 0 Shots on Target S O 6 15 22
60% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 60% 77%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • All of St. George's's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Qrendi have created more than twice as many corners as St. George's.
  • Qrendi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Qrendi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Qrendi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Qrendi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. George's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1)
  • St. George's has the most conceded goals (33)
  • St. George's has the the worst goal difference (-13)
  • St. George's have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. George's 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 Zejtun Corinthians 13 8 4 1 26 15 6 3 2 1 9 8 7 5 2 0 17 7 11 28
2 St. Andrews 14 7 4 3 25 11 7 2 3 2 14 7 7 5 1 1 11 4 14 25
3 Lija Athletic 13 8 1 4 31 22 7 5 1 1 17 11 6 3 0 3 14 11 9 25
4 Qrendi 14 7 2 5 25 23 8 2 2 4 11 17 6 5 0 1 14 6 2 23
5 Naxxar Lions 13 5 7 1 20 13 7 2 4 1 11 9 6 3 3 0 9 4 7 22
6 Pembroke Athleta 13 7 1 5 26 23 7 4 0 3 13 12 6 3 1 2 13 11 3 22
7 Pieta Hotspurs 14 5 4 5 17 21 7 3 1 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 10 12 -4 19
8 Qormi 14 4 4 6 25 29 8 3 2 3 15 14 6 1 2 3 10 15 -4 16
9 Swieqi 13 4 3 6 22 20 6 1 1 4 7 11 7 3 2 2 15 9 2 15
10 Zebbug Rangers 13 4 3 6 14 15 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 2 2 2 10 8 -1 15
11 Mqabba 14 4 2 8 17 24 7 2 1 4 10 13 7 2 1 4 7 11 -7 14
12 St. George's 14 3 5 6 20 33 6 1 2 3 8 15 8 2 3 3 12 18 -13 14
13 Vittoriosa Stars 14 3 3 8 17 24 6 1 2 3 9 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -7 12
14 Fgura United 14 3 3 8 17 29 6 1 1 4 7 16 8 2 2 4 10 13 -12 12