First Division: Vittoriosa Stars - St. Andrews preview and statistics

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Competition: Malta First Division
Competition: Sun 31.January
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Vittoriosa Stars fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Andrews.

Insights:
  • Vittoriosa Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • St. Andrews have yet to win a game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Vittoriosa's stadium, MFA Centenary Stadium, has a sand pitch surface. St. Andrews have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for St. Andrews when playing on sand pitch; 4 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 13 goals in these games and conceded 26.

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Vittoriosa Stars form and stats

When playing at home in the First Division, Vittoriosa Stars have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 8 games.

Vittoriosa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Vittoriosa are not conceding a lot of goals here at MFA Centenary Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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St. Andrews form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of St. Andrews playing as the away team in the First Division this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Andrews as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Mqabba match.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Andrews have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Andrews, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vittoriosa Stars and St. Andrews have met before this season: St. Andrews - Vittoriosa 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Vittoriosa Stars three wins, one draw and St. Andrews four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Vittoriosa Stars missing players

St. Andrews missing players

Vittoriosa Stars St. Andrews
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 4 16
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
8 6 1 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 2 3 9
19 9 2 Scored S 4 5 19
19 7 1 Conceded C 6 8 25
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 19%
69% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
2.8 2.6 1 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 4.5 3.8
1.9 1.9 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.5 2.3
67% 69% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 50%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • St. Andrews have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Andrews have yet to win a game away.
  • St. Andrews haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vittoriosa Stars have not yet lost a game at home.

  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 16 10 6 0 31 14 7 6 1 0 15 5 9 4 5 0 16 9 17 36
2 Marsa 15 11 2 2 35 13 7 6 0 1 18 3 8 5 2 1 17 10 22 35
3 San Gwann 16 8 6 2 27 16 8 5 3 0 15 4 8 3 3 2 12 12 11 30
4 Swieqi 15 8 3 4 30 19 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 3 2 2 16 8 11 27
5 Pieta Hotspurs 16 7 3 6 29 23 7 4 2 1 16 11 9 3 1 5 13 12 6 24
6 Qrendi 16 7 3 6 22 28 8 4 1 3 13 17 8 3 2 3 9 11 -6 24
7 Vittoriosa Stars 16 5 8 3 19 19 8 2 6 0 9 7 8 3 2 3 10 12 0 23
8 Naxxar Lions 16 7 2 7 20 21 8 4 0 4 13 13 8 3 2 3 7 8 -1 23
9 Zebbug Rangers 16 5 4 7 23 20 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 2 2 4 10 10 3 19
10 Fgura United 16 5 4 7 22 31 8 4 2 2 14 13 8 1 2 5 8 18 -9 19
11 Marsaxlokk 15 4 6 5 16 12 6 2 2 2 9 6 9 2 4 3 7 6 4 18
12 Mqabba 15 4 5 6 14 20 8 2 3 3 6 9 7 2 2 3 8 11 -6 17
13 St. Andrews 16 4 3 9 19 25 12 4 2 6 14 17 4 0 1 3 5 8 -6 15
14 St. George's 14 0 3 11 6 29 6 0 2 4 1 9 8 0 1 7 5 20 -23 3
15 Qormi 16 1 4 11 10 33 8 0 4 4 5 13 8 1 0 7 5 20 -23 2