Balzan fights Sirens in Premier League battle

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hibernians Stadium (8000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Balzan and Sirens experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 11th place.

Insights:
  • Sirens have scored at least twice as many goals away as Balzan have scored home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Balzan and Sirens.

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Balzan form and stats

Balzan's struggle is real here at Hibernians Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. All in all it has been a very rough period for Balzan who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Lija Athletic, 84 days ago.

The spoils were shared in Balzan's previous game, also at home. Visiting Santa Lucia (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hibernians.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Balzan here at Hibernians Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Balzan have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Sirens form and stats

Playing away, Sirens have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season. Sirens love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Home advantage was not enough for Sirens in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Birkirkara, 2-3. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Mosta.

Sirens has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Senglea Athletic in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Sirens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sirens have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SirensW. Domoraud
W. Domoraud
5 goals
SirensM. Maia da Silva
M. Maia da Silva
4 goals
BalzanU. Ljubomirac
U. Ljubomirac
3 goals

Balzan missing players

Sirens missing players

Balzan Sirens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 6 13
2 1 1 Won W 1 3 4
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
15 5 2 Scored S 2 11 18
20 7 1 Conceded C 0 11 24
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
43% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 62%
36% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 54%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 23%
57% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 62%
29% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 23%
29% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.4 7.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 9.4
2.7 1.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4
39% 38% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Sirens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sirens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sirens have scored at least twice as many goals away as Balzan have scored home.
  • Sirens have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sirens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 13 8 4 1 35 13 7 5 1 1 22 6 6 3 3 0 13 7 22 28
2 Sliema Wanderers 13 9 1 3 27 15 6 4 0 2 14 8 7 5 1 1 13 7 12 28
3 Hibernians 13 8 2 3 29 16 7 3 2 2 17 9 6 5 0 1 12 7 13 26
4 Birkirkara 14 7 3 4 27 20 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 5 1 1 15 9 7 24
5 Mosta 13 6 5 2 26 20 7 3 3 1 14 10 6 3 2 1 12 10 6 23
6 Gzira United 13 6 4 3 26 15 6 3 2 1 14 8 7 3 2 2 12 7 11 22
7 Santa Lucia 13 6 3 4 23 22 7 4 1 2 14 14 6 2 2 2 9 8 1 21
8 Gudja United 13 6 2 5 21 17 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 4 1 2 14 9 4 20
9 Valletta 13 5 5 3 18 19 6 3 1 2 10 11 7 2 4 1 8 8 -1 20
10 Floriana 12 5 1 6 16 20 6 3 0 3 8 11 6 2 1 3 8 9 -4 16
11 Sirens 13 4 4 5 18 24 7 1 3 3 7 13 6 3 1 2 11 11 -6 16
12 Balzan 13 2 6 5 14 19 6 1 3 2 4 6 7 1 3 3 10 13 -5 12
13 Zejtun Corinthians 13 3 3 7 18 24 6 1 2 3 8 10 7 2 1 4 10 14 -6 12
14 Tarxien Rainbows 12 2 2 8 12 24 6 1 0 5 4 12 6 1 2 3 8 12 -12 8
15 Lija Athletic 13 1 3 9 12 30 7 1 3 3 8 10 6 0 0 6 4 20 -18 6
16 Senglea Athletic 12 0 2 10 6 30 6 0 1 5 3 15 6 0 1 5 3 15 -24 2