First Division match prediction: Little separates Zebbug Rangers and Qrendi in quality

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Competition: Malta First Division
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the First Division table has to be read with caution. So far Zebbug Rangers find themselves in 13th position and Qrendi are placed 8th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on sand pitch and that the visiting Qrendi 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 2-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.

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Zebbug Rangers form and stats

Zebbug Rangers's first First Division home game here at MFA Centenary Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 10 matches.

Zebbug Rangers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Fgura United. Ahead of that match, Zebbug Rangers lost 1-2 at home to Mqabba.

Zebbug are traveling soon after this match as the First Division match at Vittoriosa Stars awaits in four days.

Zebbug Rangers has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Qrendi form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the First Division ended in defeat. Last season Qrendi had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 8, drew 0 and lost 1.

Qrendi are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the First Division against St. Andrews (placed 15th).

2 goals so far away for Qrendi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between the teams: Zebbug won one, Qrendi won three and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Zebbug Rangers missing players

Qrendi missing players

Zebbug Rangers Qrendi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 1 Scored S 0 2 4
3 2 2 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 1 1 Total Shots T S 0 0 14
7 1 1 Shots on Target S O 0 0 7
14% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
Zebbug Rangers Last season Qrendi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
19 10   Played P   9 19
7 4   Won W   8 11
6 2   Drew D   0 2
6 4   Lost L   1 6
23 9   Scored S   23 38
20 9   Conceded C   8 29
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
68% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 84%
37% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 79%
16% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 58%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 32%
53% 40%   BTTS BTTS   78% 84%
26% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 16%
26% 40%   Failed to Score F T   0% 5%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
73 37   Total Shots T S   52 87
35 13   Shots on Target S O   30 48
46% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   60% 62%

  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 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Swieqi 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
3 Fgura United 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
4 San Gwann 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Vittoriosa Stars 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Marsa 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
7 Mqabba 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Qrendi 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 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 Qormi 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 -3 3
11 Marsaxlokk 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Pietà Hotspurs 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
13 Zebbug Rangers 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
14 St. George's 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 St. Andrews 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 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 Pietà 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