Premier League match preview: Gudja United versus Hibernians

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Tue 05.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Gudja United have their presumed home advantage while Hibernians are ahead 6 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Gudja United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have scored in all their away matches so far.

Hibernians play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Hibernians when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from ten matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Gudja United form and stats

Gudja United have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-3.

Before that game, the home loss against Sirens with the scoreline 1-3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Gzira United in only four days. This game is also played here at MFA Centenary Stadium.

Gudja are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Gudja's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hibernians form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Hibernians so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Hibernians's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Sliema Wanderers game.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Birkirkara.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager S. Sanderra when A. Attard scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. The end of the last match, against Balzan, was very satisfying as A. Attard scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A quick return to home after this game, as Hibernians are hosting Senglea Athletic in the Premier League only four days away.

The Hibernians manager S. Sanderra has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Hibernians have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gudja United-Hibernians H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Gudja United zero wins, Hibernians one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Gudja UnitedY. Messias
Y. Messias
9 goals
HiberniansJ. Grech
J. Grech
8 goals
GudjaG. Mensah
G. Mensah
5 goals

Gudja United missing players

Hibernians missing players

Gudja United Hibernians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 2 0 Won W 1 5 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 3
21 7 0 Scored S 3 12 29
17 8 1 Conceded C 0 7 16
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 77%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 69%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 46%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 23%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 69%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 23%
23% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.2 3.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12 11.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 20 12 11
4.9 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 5.5 4.9
33% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 45%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Gudja United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hibernians 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 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