Balzan open their doors to Birkirkara for another absorbing Premier League match here at Hibernians Stadium.
Balzan's stadium, Hibernians Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Birkirkara have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Birkirkara when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 8.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Balzan form and stats
Balzan have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 12 matches.
Balzan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Valletta (0-1).
Before that, Balzan had a home game versus Sliema Wanderers which ended with a victory 1-0.Early season league goal statistics from Balzan's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Birkirkara form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 12 matches.
The supporters enjoyed Birkirkara's previous game versus Hamrun Spartans (placed 11th), a Premier League 2-1 win played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Mosta.3 goals so far away for Birkirkara, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Balzan three wins, five draws and Birkirkara two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Đurić 1 goals |  F. Falcone 1 goals | L. Montebello 1 goals |
Balzan missing players
Birkirkara missing players
| Balzan | Birkirkara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 6 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 12 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| Balzan | Last season | Birkirkara | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 87% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 91% | ||
| 61% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 43% | ||
| 26% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 17% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Birkirkara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Valletta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sirens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Balzan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Santa Lucia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Floriana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Sliema Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Gzira United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Mosta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Hamrun Spartans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Gudja United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | 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 |