Vittoriosa Stars vs St. Andrews: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Malta First Division
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

The visiting St. Andrews side should be favourites in this visit to Vittoriosa Stars, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

This stadium uses sand pitch, unlike St. Andrews's home stadium. The visitors last 30 games on sand pitch have ended in 5 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses.

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Vittoriosa Stars form and stats

Overall First Division stats at home this season for Vittoriosa Stars are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Vittoriosa Stars are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Zebbug Rangers (placed 8th) on their last time out; the First Division game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Naxxar Lions (0-2).

A decent goal production from Vittoriosa Stars in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Vittoriosa Stars have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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St. Andrews form and stats

St. Andrews have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 15 points collected from 6 First Division games. 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far.

St. Andrews play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Lija Athletic (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Mqabba's place.

The travelling fans enjoy St. Andrews's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. St. Andrews are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 3 - 0 - 3 (Vittoriosa Stars wins - draws - St. Andrews wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Vittoriosa Stars missing players

St. Andrews missing players

Vittoriosa Stars St. Andrews
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 11
2 1 0 Won W 1 5 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 3 2 Lost L 1 1 3
13 8 1 Scored S 4 10 18
21 10 5 Conceded C 2 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 82%
64% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 55%
18% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 55%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 45%
27% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 2.7 3 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2 3.8
5.2 5.3 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.5 1 1.8
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.3 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
43 20 12 Total Shots T S 13 13 40
19 8 4 Shots on Target S O 3 3 16
21% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 133% 167% 62%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • All of Vittoriosa Stars's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • St. Andrews has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • St. Andrews have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • St. Andrews have scored in all their matches so far.
  • St. Andrews have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • St. Andrews have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St. Andrews haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vittoriosa Stars has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Vittoriosa Stars has the most matches under the total-line (3)
  • Vittoriosa Stars have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vittoriosa Stars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Zejtun Corinthians 11 7 3 1 22 12 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 5 1 0 15 5 10 24
2 Lija Athletic 11 7 1 3 25 17 6 4 1 1 13 9 5 3 0 2 12 8 8 22
3 St. Andrews 11 6 2 3 18 9 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 5 0 1 10 3 9 20
4 Naxxar Lions 11 5 5 1 17 10 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 3 2 0 8 3 7 20
5 Qrendi 11 6 2 3 20 16 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 5 0 0 13 4 4 20
6 Pieta Hotspurs 11 5 2 4 14 16 6 3 0 3 6 8 5 2 2 1 8 8 -2 17
7 Pembroke Athleta 11 5 1 5 22 22 5 2 0 3 9 11 6 3 1 2 13 11 0 16
8 Zebbug Rangers 11 4 3 4 13 12 6 2 1 3 4 6 5 2 2 1 9 6 1 15
9 Swieqi 11 4 2 5 20 17 6 1 1 4 7 11 5 3 1 1 13 6 3 14
10 Qormi 11 3 3 5 20 23 6 2 1 3 12 12 5 1 2 2 8 11 -3 12
11 Mqabba 11 3 1 7 12 19 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 2 1 3 6 9 -7 10
12 St. George's 11 2 4 5 15 24 5 0 2 3 6 14 6 2 2 2 9 10 -9 10
13 Vittoriosa Stars 11 2 2 7 13 21 5 1 1 3 8 10 6 1 1 4 5 11 -8 8
14 Fgura United 11 2 1 8 15 28 5 1 0 4 6 15 6 1 1 4 9 13 -13 7