With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Floriana fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lija Athletic.
- Floriana has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
Floriana form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Floriana are 3-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). Game days at MFA Centenary Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Floriana as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Floriana to get some points in this home game.
Floriana's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-5 versus Birkirkara (placed 6th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Hamrun Spartans.
A goal frenzy last time out for Floriana, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Birkirkara. Fun stuff to watch!
The match schedule is unforgiving for Floriana as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Zejtun Corinthians are visiting.
Floriana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Floriana defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lija Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lija Athletic, who have the fewest points (0) away in Premier League, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Lija Athletic have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 6 away matches played so far in the Premier League. Lija are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Senglea Athletic fixture. A depressing seven defeats in a row for Lija in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Vittoriosa Stars.
The manager J. Galea was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Lija Ground. Lija suffered a 1-2 loss to Valletta (placed 9th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Mosta.
After this away game Lija Athletic return home for a Premier League game against Tarxien Rainbows. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Lija defense as they have conceded 20 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Floriana two wins, zero draws and Lija Athletic zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Beu 9 goals |  K. Keqi 3 goals | F. dos Santos da Silva Cheveresan 3 goals |
Floriana missing players
Lija Athletic missing players
| Floriana | Lija Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 23% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 9.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 30% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 32% |
- Floriana has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Floriana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Lija Athletic has the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the most conceded goals (20) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lija Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lija Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
- Lija Athletic 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 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 | Sliema Wanderers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Hibernians | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Mosta | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Gzira United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Birkirkara | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Gudja United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Valletta | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Floriana | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Sirens | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Balzan | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Zejtun Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -24 | 2 |