The league table in First Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Vittoriosa Stars leading Naxxar Lions by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
- Vittoriosa Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naxxar Lions has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in First Division
It's no vacation for neither Vittoriosa nor Naxxar Lions as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on sand pitch and that the visiting Naxxar Lions have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on sand pitch is 6-4-10 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
1-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Vittoriosa Stars so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Vittoriosa Stars have been steadily collecting points here at Victor Tedesco Stadium through three straight draws.
A strong away win for Vittoriosa against St. George's the last match. Before that, Vittoriosa drew at home versus Pembroke Athleta.
The Vittoriosa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Vittoriosa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Naxxar Lions form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Naxxar Lions have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Qrendi in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Naxxar manager faced defeat when travelling to Fgura United and losing 0-2.
After this away game Naxxar return home for a Fa Trophy game against Qrendi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 6 goals have been conceded by Naxxar Lions in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Vittoriosa, two draws and seven wins for Naxxar Lions. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Vittoriosa Stars missing players
Naxxar Lions missing players
| Vittoriosa Stars | Naxxar Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 79% | 60% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 200% | 100% |
- All of Vittoriosa Stars's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Naxxar Lions has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in First Division
- Vittoriosa Stars have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vittoriosa Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vittoriosa Stars have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Pembroke Athleta | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Swieqi | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Marsa | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Vittoriosa Stars | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | San Gwann | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Marsaxlokk | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Qrendi | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Fgura United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Mqabba | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | St. Andrews | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Zebbug Rangers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Pietà Hotspurs | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Naxxar Lions | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Qormi | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | St. George's | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 2 |