Can Birkirkara beat Hibernians in Ta'Qali National Stadium clash?

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Birkirkara have their presumed home advantage while Hibernians are ahead 7 points in the Premier League table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Birkirkara form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Birkirkara have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

Birkirkara are returning here after visiting Valletta in a Premier League game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. E. Pepe, O. Carniello, F. Falcone and P. Mbong scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Mosta.

A decent goal production from Birkirkara in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Birkirkara defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hibernians form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Hibernians had fun at their own home (Ta'Qali National Stadium) last time out, beating Mosta 3-1. J. Mbong, J. Grech and I. Iriberri scored. Before that, Hibernians travelled to Senglea Athletic and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Hibernians's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. Hibernians have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hibernians - Birkirkara 0-1. Birkirkara-Hibernians H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birkirkara four wins, Hibernians five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BirkirkaraF. Falcone
F. Falcone
9 goals
HiberniansI. Iriberri
I. Iriberri
8 goals
HiberniansJ. Grech
J. Grech
6 goals

Birkirkara missing players

Hibernians missing players

Birkirkara Hibernians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 8 18
7 3 1 Won W 1 3 10
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 4
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 4
26 16 4 Scored S 2 14 31
19 14 3 Conceded C 1 8 17
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
28% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 61%
39% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
22% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.8 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.1
4.6 4.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.9 3.2
2.2 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 5
 
199 101 28 Total Shots T S 11 91 193
83 47 12 Shots on Target S O 8 41 92
29% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Hibernians's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Birkirkara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birkirkara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Birkirkara is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Hibernians has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Hibernians have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hibernians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Floriana 18 10 5 3 31 15 9 4 2 3 13 8 9 6 3 0 18 7 16 35
2 Valletta 18 10 5 3 31 20 9 4 2 3 15 15 9 6 3 0 16 5 11 35
3 Hibernians 18 10 4 4 31 17 10 7 0 3 17 9 8 3 4 1 14 8 14 34
4 Sirens 18 10 4 4 30 23 8 3 3 2 11 10 10 7 1 2 19 13 7 34
5 Gzira United 18 9 5 4 35 16 8 3 3 2 15 8 10 6 2 2 20 8 19 32
6 Birkirkara 18 7 6 5 26 19 9 3 3 3 16 14 9 4 3 2 10 5 7 27
7 Hamrun Spartans 17 5 7 5 21 21 9 1 4 4 9 12 8 4 3 1 12 9 0 22
8 Balzan 18 6 4 8 28 29 9 3 2 4 13 14 9 3 2 4 15 15 -1 22
9 Mosta 18 7 1 10 25 33 9 4 1 4 14 16 9 3 0 6 11 17 -8 22
10 Gudja United 18 5 6 7 22 28 8 3 3 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 11 19 -6 21
11 Sliema Wanderers 18 6 2 10 20 21 10 4 1 5 11 11 8 2 1 5 9 10 -1 20
12 Santa Lucia 18 5 5 8 18 29 10 2 3 5 6 17 8 3 2 3 12 12 -11 20
13 Senglea Athletic 17 3 7 7 18 29 9 3 4 2 14 14 8 0 3 5 4 15 -11 16
14 Tarxien Rainbows 18 1 1 16 18 54 8 0 0 8 5 27 10 1 1 8 13 27 -36 4