It's advantage Floriana at this point, with their 4th position in the Premier League table and looking forward to facing Gzira United (who are placed 7th).
- All of Floriana's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gzira United have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Floriana form and stats
Floriana have played 3 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Floriana drew their last game, 1-1 away at Mosta (placed 11th).
Before that match, a win away at Balzan.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Floriana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost four.
Goals decide football matches and Floriana are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Floriana's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gzira United form and stats
The seven points Gzira United have gathered from their first three away trips in the Premier League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Gzira love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Gzira might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Balzan proved too strong as Gzira United slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at MFA Centenary Stadium.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Hamrun Spartans.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gzira playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Gzira United wins, one draw and one defeat.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gzira have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Gzira United's manager D. Abdilla has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Floriana one win, five draws and Gzira United four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Agius 2 goals | U. Arias 2 goals | K. Keqi 2 goals |
Floriana missing players
Gzira United missing players
| Floriana | Gzira United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 26% |
- All of Floriana's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gzira United have not yet lost a game away.
- Gzira United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gzira United have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
- Gzira United have the most clean sheets (2) away in Premier League
- Gzira United have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Gzira United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gzira United 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 | Hibernians | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Birkirkara | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Sirens | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Floriana | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Valletta | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 6 | Hamrun Spartans | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Gzira United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Balzan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gudja United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Santa Lucia | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mosta | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Sliema Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 4 |