Balzan vs Valletta match preview

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Balzan and Valletta 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.

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Balzan form and stats

Balzan have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.

Balzan manager J. Scerri and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Birkirkara (placed 12th) in the Premier League. Heartbreak before that as Balzan lost 0-1 at Floriana's place.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Balzan at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Valletta form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Valletta's last game was the home draw against Floriana (1-1). Prior to that result Valletta won their away game at Sliema Wanderers. The scoreline was 3-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Valletta has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Balzan won 1, Valletta won 5 and 4 draws. 8 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Fontanella
18 goals
B. Kaljević
11 goals
A. Majdevac
10 goals

Balzan missing players

Valletta missing players

Balzan Valletta
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
5 2 0 Scored 0 3 6
5 1 0 Conceded 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 4.5
2.7 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 4
3.7 4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Balzan Last season Valletta
Total Home   Statistics   Away Total
26 13   Played   13 27
12 6   Won   9 18
7 4   Drew   2 5
7 3   Lost   2 4
41 20   Scored   31 63
31 14   Conceded   10 20
85% 85%   Over 0.5   92% 96%
73% 77%   Over 1.5   85% 78%
58% 54%   Over 2.5   69% 59%
38% 31%   Over 3.5   31% 33%
15% 8%   Over 4.5   15% 22%
50% 54%   BTTS   38% 37%
38% 38%   Clean Sheets   46% 52%
27% 23%   Failed to Score   23% 15%
 
5.8 4.6   Corners For (avg)   5.5 5.4
3.2 3.6   Corners Against (avg)   2.3 3
2.5 2.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.2 2.1
4 1   Red Cards   2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Balzan have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Valletta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valletta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Valletta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

Balzan
All Fa Trophy Europa League Premier League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-07-19 EL Balzan 3 - 4 Domzale
18-07-19 EL Domzale 1 - 0 Balzan
24-08-19 PL Balzan 2 - 1 Sliema Wanderers
29-08-19 PL Floriana 1 - 0 Balzan
14-09-19 PL Birkirkara 3 - 3 Balzan
21-09-19 PL Balzan 18:00 Valletta
29-09-19 PL Gzira United 15:00 Balzan
05-10-19 PL Balzan 13:00 Gudja United
20-10-19 PL Tarxien Rainbows 15:15 Balzan
27-10-19 PL Balzan 14:00 Sirens
Valletta
All Champions League Fa Trophy Europa League Premier League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-08-19 EL Astana 5 - 1 Valletta
15-08-19 EL Valletta 0 - 4 Astana
23-08-19 PL Valletta 2 - 3 Santa Lucia
29-08-19 PL Sliema Wanderers 1 - 3 Valletta
15-09-19 PL Valletta 1 - 1 Floriana
21-09-19 PL Balzan 18:00 Valletta
28-09-19 PL Birkirkara 15:00 Valletta
03-10-19 PL Valletta 17:00 Gzira United
20-10-19 PL Gudja United 13:00 Valletta
26-10-19 PL Valletta 15:15 Tarxien Rainbows

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sirens 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 7
2 Senglea Athletic 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
3 Floriana 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 7
4 Hamrun Spartans 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
5 Santa Lucia 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
6 Hibernians 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
7 Valletta 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
8 Balzan 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
9 Mosta 3 1 0 2 8 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 3
10 Gudja United 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
11 Gzira United 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
12 Birkirkara 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
13 Sliema Wanderers 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
14 Tarxien Rainbows 3 0 0 3 3 11 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 -8 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 Valletta 26 18 4 4 61 18 13 9 2 2 30 8 13 9 2 2 31 10 43 58
2 Hibernians 26 18 4 4 54 27 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 10 2 1 28 13 27 58
3 Gzira United 26 13 11 2 42 21 13 7 6 0 24 12 13 6 5 2 18 9 21 50
4 Hamrun Spartans 26 12 10 4 35 20 13 7 5 1 18 9 13 5 5 3 17 11 15 46
5 Sliema Wanderers 26 13 6 7 37 26 13 6 3 4 18 13 13 7 3 3 19 13 11 45
6 Balzan 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 6 4 3 20 14 13 6 3 4 21 17 10 43
7 Birkirkara 26 12 3 11 33 26 13 6 1 6 18 15 13 6 2 5 15 11 7 39
8 Floriana 26 9 5 12 28 25 13 4 2 7 13 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 3 32
9 Mosta 26 7 8 11 30 45 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 4 4 5 16 22 -15 29
10 Senglea Athletic 26 7 5 14 33 46 13 3 1 9 15 25 13 4 4 5 18 21 -13 26
11 Tarxien Rainbows 26 8 2 16 29 58 13 4 1 8 14 31 13 4 1 8 15 27 -29 26
12 St. Andrews 26 7 3 16 25 45 13 3 2 8 13 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -20 24
13 Qormi 26 6 2 18 25 51 13 2 2 9 13 26 13 4 0 9 12 25 -26 20
14 Pietà Hotspurs 26 3 4 19 25 59 13 2 2 9 9 27 13 1 2 10 16 32 -34 13

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