It's early days in the First Division and both Vittoriosa Stars and Zebbug Rangers 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’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vittoriosa Stars form and stats
The first First Division game here at MFA Centenary Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Vittoriosa Stars's home game statistics were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 9 games.
The fans are hoping that Vittoriosa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the First Division game against St. Andrews (placed 10th). Before that, Vittoriosa drew at home versus San Gwann.
Early season league goal statistics from Vittoriosa Stars's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Zebbug Rangers form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the First Division ended in defeat. Last season Zebbug Rangers had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 3, drew 4 and lost 2. Recent form does not give Zebbug much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Vittoriosa Stars will be a tough nut to crack.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Qrendi with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 defeat away at Fgura United before that.
After this away game Zebbug Rangers return home for a First Division game against St. George's. That game is only four sleeps after this.
0 goals so far away for Zebbug Rangers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Vittoriosa won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Zebbug Rangers has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveVittoriosa Stars missing players
Zebbug Rangers missing players
| Vittoriosa Stars | Zebbug Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| Vittoriosa Stars | Last season | Zebbug Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 68% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 37% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 74% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 67 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 73 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 35 | ||
| 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swieqi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | San Gwann | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Pembroke Athleta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Fgura United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Vittoriosa Stars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Marsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mqabba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Naxxar Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | St. Andrews | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Qormi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Marsaxlokk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pieta Hotspurs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Zebbug Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 15 | St. George's | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 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 |