Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mosta & Naxxar Lions face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Mosta Tournament. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a local derby, usually meaning more stress and significance.
Mosta form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Mosta at their home stadium (Charles Abela Memorial Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The followers hope that Mosta will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the Fa Trophy fixture against Birkirkara.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Santa Lucia in a game that was won 2-1.Mosta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Charles Abela Memorial Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Naxxar Lions form and stats
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Melita with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Naxxar lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A loss against Sliema Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a First Division home game.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Mosta victories, two draws and six Naxxar Lions wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Mosta missing players
Naxxar Lions missing players
| Mosta | Naxxar Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 33 | 54 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mosta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Naxxar Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sirens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Santa Lucia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Birkirkara | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 4 | Mosta | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Hibernians | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 46 |
| 6 | Balzan | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Valletta | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | Floriana | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Sirens | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Gudja United | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -11 | 29 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -29 | 15 |
| 13 | Zebbug Rangers | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -37 | 14 |
| 14 | Pieta Hotspurs | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -43 | 12 |
