St. George's are welcoming Vittoriosa Stars for another important game after their 0-2 result against 1st-placed Lija Athletic.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the First Division.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
St. George's form and stats
St. George's's struggle is real here at MFA Centenary Stadium with only 6 points collected from 8 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mqabba that ended 1-1.
St. George's has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as St. George's have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here at MFA Centenary Stadium.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vittoriosa Stars so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Pietà Hotspurs with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Vittoriosa Stars have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Vittoriosa Stars's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
St. George's and Vittoriosa Stars have met before this season: Vittoriosa Stars - St. George's 5-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. George's two wins, three draws and Vittoriosa Stars five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.St. George's missing players
Vittoriosa Stars missing players
| St. George's | Vittoriosa Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 40 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 61% | 75% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 61% |
| 44% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 72% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 72% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 3.3 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | 19 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 57 |
| 16 | 10 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 28 |
| 50% | 60% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 39% |
- All of St. George's's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- St. George's has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- St. George's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- St. George's has the most conceded goals (40)
- St. George's has the the worst goal difference (-18)
- 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.
- Vittoriosa Stars has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- Vittoriosa Stars have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Vittoriosa Stars have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Vittoriosa Stars 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 | Lija Athletic | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Zejtun Corinthians | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Qrendi | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Naxxar Lions | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Pembroke Athleta | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | St. Andrews | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 | Zebbug Rangers | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Pietà Hotspurs | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Swieqi | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Qormi | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Fgura United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Mqabba | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | Vittoriosa Stars | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | St. George's | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 16 |