It's early days in the First Division and both Vittoriosa Stars and Mqabba are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Division game only three days ago.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Vittoriosa Stars's two home games in the First Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Victor Tedesco Stadium.
Vittoriosa Stars's previous game was a First Division match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Zebbug Rangers (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at St. Andrews.
Early season league goal statistics from Vittoriosa Stars's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Mqabba form and stats
Four points from two away games for Mqabba, meaning one draw and one victory in the First Division so far.
Before that, Mqabba travelled to Fgura United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Mqabba have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Vittoriosa victories, four draws and three Mqabba wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Vittoriosa Stars missing players
Mqabba missing players
| Vittoriosa Stars | Mqabba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| Vittoriosa Stars | Last season | Mqabba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 63% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | ||
| 74% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 74% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 5% | ||
| 26% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 67 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 69 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 30 | ||
| 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | San Gwann | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Swieqi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Fgura United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | St. Andrews | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Vittoriosa Stars | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Naxxar Lions | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Qormi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Marsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Zebbug Rangers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Pieta Hotspurs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | St. George's | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 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 | Pieta 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 |