Yet another action-packed match in the First Division. Zebbug Rangers is in the 10th position after participating in two matches. They receive Tarxien Rainbows who are placed 2nd after two matches.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This field has the surface sand pitch, unlike Tarxien Rainbows's home arena. The previous 24 games by the visitors on sand pitch have produced 5 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses.
Zebbug Rangers form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first First Division game of the season here at MFA Centenary Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from Zebbug Rangers's 11 home games.
Zebbug Rangers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Fgura United.
Before that game, the home loss against Pieta Hotspurs with the scoreline 0-1.Early season league goal statistics from Zebbug Rangers's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Tarxien Rainbows form and stats
Only one away game in the First Division so far for Tarxien Rainbows and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 7 losses from 12 travels. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Rainbows are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Tarxien Rainbows delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Swieqi (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a First Division game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Senglea Athletic at their stadium, the result 6-1.Tarxien Rainbows have the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior four meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Zebbug, one draw and two wins for Tarxien Rainbows. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Zebbug Rangers missing players
Tarxien Rainbows missing players
| Zebbug Rangers | Tarxien Rainbows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Zebbug Rangers | Last season | Tarxien Rainbows | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 35% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 13% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 69% | 92% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pieta Hotspurs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Tarxien Rainbows | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Swieqi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Fgura United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Qrendi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Mgarr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Marsa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | St. Andrews | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Luqa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Zebbug Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Senglea Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | Marsa | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 33 | 50 |
| 2 | Pembroke Athleta | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | San Gwann | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Zebbug Rangers | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Swieqi | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Naxxar Lions | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Qrendi | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Pieta Hotspurs | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | St. Andrews | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Vittoriosa Stars | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | Fgura United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Mqabba | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | St. George's | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -24 | 13 |
| 15 | Qormi | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 35 | -45 | 2 |
| 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 | Hamrun Spartans | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 33 | 51 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Birkirkara | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 44 |
| 5 | Sliema Wanderers | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Mosta | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Valletta | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 33 |
| 8 | Santa Lucia | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Gudja United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Sirens | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 11 | Balzan | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Floriana | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 13 | Zejtun Corinthians | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -23 | 21 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -21 | 20 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 23 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 37 | -49 | 2 |