An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Floriana and Lija Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 15th place.
- 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
It's no vacation for neither Floriana nor Lija Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Floriana form and stats
Floriana have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-3. Floriana have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Floriana's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hibernians (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Gzira United.
Floriana are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Floriana as they are travelling to their away game against Sirens in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Floriana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Lija Athletic form and stats
Lija Athletic, who have the fewest points (0) away in Premier League, have only collected 0 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-0-6 (6 played). 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. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Lija Athletic, who have now gone 13 games without a victory. The Senglea Athletic game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's all red in the travel logs of Lija Athletic, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
Lija's last game was the home draw against Gudja United (0-0). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Valletta.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lija Athletic manager J. Galea as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Birkirkara.
The attacking power of Lija when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Lija can't defend away. 20 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Floriana, zero draws and zero wins for Lija Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.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 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 26 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 79% |
| 62% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 21% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 30% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 32% |
- Floriana has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Sliema Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Mosta | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Birkirkara | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Valletta | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Gudja United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Sirens | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Floriana | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Zejtun Corinthians | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Balzan | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 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 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -32 | 2 |