Victory alone will please the Zebbug Rangers followers in this MFA Centenary Stadium duel with Senglea Athletic, seeing as they have a robust lead on them in the First Division standings.
- Zebbug Rangers have the most clean sheets (5) in First Division
- Senglea Athletic have the most conceded goals (15) away in First Division
It should be mentioned that Senglea Athletic play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on sand pitch. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Senglea Athletic on sand pitch are 4 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-47. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Zebbug Rangers and Senglea Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zebbug Rangers form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 First Division games here at MFA Centenary Stadium for Zebbug Rangers. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Zebbug here at MFA Centenary Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Zebbug Rangers fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Swieqi and win 3-1.
Before that, Zebbug played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Tarxien Rainbows.A decent goal production from Zebbug Rangers in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Zebbug Rangers have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Senglea Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Senglea Athletic so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Senglea Athletic in their previous game as they lost hosting Qrendi, 2-3.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Swieqi wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Senglea have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. The Senglea Athletic manager Mizzi has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head encounter ended Senglea Athletic - Zebbug 0-3, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding five meetings): Zebbug Rangers won two games, one match ended with a tie and Senglea Athletic got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneZebbug Rangers missing players
Senglea Athletic missing players
| Zebbug Rangers | Senglea Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 43% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 10 | 7.2 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 66% | 67% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 39% |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
- Senglea Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Senglea Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Senglea Athletic have the most conceded goals (15) away in First Division
- Senglea Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zebbug Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zebbug Rangers have the most clean sheets (5) in First Division
- Zebbug Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (5) in First Division
- Zebbug Rangers have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in First Division
- Zebbug Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in First Division
- Zebbug Rangers have the the best goal difference (+16) in First Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zebbug Rangers | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Pieta Hotspurs | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Marsa | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Tarxien Rainbows | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Fgura United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Swieqi | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | St. Andrews | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Senglea Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 10 | Mgarr | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 11 | Luqa | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -22 | 7 |
