The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Birkirkara are in the 7th position while the guesting Senglea Athletic worry at 12th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Senglea Athletic play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Senglea Athletic when playing on grass are 6 wins, 7 draws and 12 defeats from 25 matches. They have scored 32 goals and conceded 46 times in these games.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Birkirkara form and stats
Birkirkara have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-3. Two home wins in a row for Birkirkara bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andrew Hogg not having conceded a league goal in 195 minutes.
Birkirkara are returning here after visiting Floriana in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Birkirkara won a home game hosting Sirens (2-0).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Birkirkara matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from two games).
The Birkirkara fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Birkirkara defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Senglea Athletic form and stats
Senglea Athletic have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-2-4 (6 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. Roselli, the Senglea Athletic manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Senglea Athletic's last game was the home draw against Sirens (2-2). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Tarxien Rainbows.
Goals are few and far between in Senglea Athletic's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Senglea Athletic have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Senglea Athletic - Birkirkara 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Birkirkara 2 wins, 2 draws and Senglea Athletic 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Falcone 7 goals |  W. Zamble Bi Koihy 4 goals | T. Marukawa 2 goals |
Birkirkara missing players
Senglea Athletic missing players
| Birkirkara | Senglea Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 79% |
| 43% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 29% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 21% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 156 | 79 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 46 | 103 |
| 67 | 39 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 28 | 48 |
| 25% | 28% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 11% | 27% |
- Birkirkara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birkirkara have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Senglea Athletic have scored away.
- Birkirkara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Senglea Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Senglea Athletic have yet to win a 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 | Floriana | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 3 | Hibernians | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Valletta | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Sirens | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Balzan | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Birkirkara | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Mosta | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Hamrun Spartans | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Sliema Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Gudja United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Senglea Athletic | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Lucia | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -30 | 1 |