Birkirkara should be favourites to win this home game vs Santa Lucia, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Birkirkara have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
- Santa Lucia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
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.
Birkirkara form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Infetti Ground for Birkirkara. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Birkirkara bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Birkirkara in their previous game, a fixture away at Floriana (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Birkirkara made it very difficult for themselves, when Tulimieri got a red card in the 51st minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Birkirkara won the match 2-1!
A home victory before that one, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Nadur and won 4-0.
Birkirkara have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Infetti Ground with 15 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Birkirkara have conceded only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santa Lucia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Lucia so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Santa Lucia are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Santa Lucia are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Zebbug Rangers (placed 13th). Hooray; their first three points in the league after seven rounds not winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Potenza when Carbone scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
Before that, the Fa Trophy win away at Floriana.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head meeting ended Santa Lucia - Birkirkara 0-4, played this season. Birkirkara-Santa Lucia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Birkirkara four wins, Santa Lucia two wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Cabrera 8 goals |  F. Rodrigues Farias 6 goals | A. da Paixão Alves 4 goals |
Birkirkara missing players
Santa Lucia missing players
| Birkirkara | Santa Lucia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 38% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 9.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| 42% | 41% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| 7.7 | 8.9 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
- Birkirkara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Birkirkara have scored more than double the goals of Santa Lucia.
- Birkirkara have the most scored goals (15) at home in Premier League
- Birkirkara have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
- Birkirkara have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
- Birkirkara have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Premier League
- Birkirkara have the the best goal difference (+19) in Premier League
- Santa Lucia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Lucia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santa Lucia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Lucia 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 43 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Birkirkara | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Hibernians | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Balzan | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Mosta | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Floriana | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Gudja United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Valletta | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Sirens | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 8 |
| 13 | Zebbug Rangers | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 7 |
| 14 | Pietà Hotspurs | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -28 | 5 |
