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Competition: Malta Premier League
Date: Sun 29.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (17797 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Premier League table has to be read with caution. So far Gzira United find themselves in 10th position and Balzan are placed 11th.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gzira United form and stats

Gzira United are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Premier League games here at Ta'Qali National Stadium. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Gzira United has four draws from their last four matches. Gzira United have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Gzira United manager G. Tedesco and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Floriana (placed 2nd) in the Premier League. Before that, Gzira United drew at home versus Sliema Wanderers.

The manager G. Tedesco will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Valletta in only four days.

Gzira United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Balzan form and stats

The Premier League season is young and Balzan have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Valletta with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Balzan travelled to Birkirkara and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Balzan playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were 0 Balzan wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

3 goals so far away for Balzan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Gzira United 1 win, 2 draws and Balzan 4 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Effiong
9 goals
A. Majdevac
9 goals

Gzira United missing players

Balzan missing players

Gzira United Balzan
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
1 1 0 Scored S 3 3 5
1 1 0 Conceded C 3 4 7
25% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
6.2 8 0 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5 4.5
2.8 1.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 1.5 2.5
3.2 2.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 3.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Gzira United Last season Balzan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
13 7   Won W   6 12
11 6   Drew D   3 7
2 0   Lost L   4 7
42 24   Scored S   21 41
21 12   Conceded C   17 31
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 85%
65% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 73%
35% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 58%
23% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 38%
19% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 15%
58% 62%   BTTS BTTS   46% 50%
35% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 38%
19% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 27%
 
5.8 5.7   Corners For (avg) C F   6.7 5.8
4.3 4   Corners Against (avg) C A   2.8 3.2
2.2 2.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
3 0   Red Cards R C   3 4
Key stats last season:
  • Balzan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Balzan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Gzira United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gzira United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Gzira United
All Summer Cup Fa Trophy Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-08-19 EL Gzira United 2 - 2 Ventspils
23-08-19 PL Gzira United 0 - 0 Hamrun Spartans
30-08-19 PL Santa Lucia 0 - 0 Gzira United
14-09-19 PL Gzira United 1 - 1 Sliema Wanderers
22-09-19 PL Floriana 0 - 0 Gzira United
29-09-19 PL Gzira United 15:00 Balzan
03-10-19 PL Valletta 17:00 Gzira United
19-10-19 PL Birkirkara 15:15 Gzira United
26-10-19 PL Gzira United 13:00 Gudja United
01-11-19 PL Tarxien Rainbows 17:00 Gzira United
Balzan
All Fa Trophy Europa League Premier League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-07-19 EL Domzale 1 - 0 Balzan
24-08-19 PL Balzan 2 - 1 Sliema Wanderers
29-08-19 PL Floriana 1 - 0 Balzan
14-09-19 PL Birkirkara 3 - 3 Balzan
21-09-19 PL Balzan 0 - 2 Valletta
29-09-19 PL Gzira United 15:00 Balzan
05-10-19 PL Balzan 13:00 Gudja United
20-10-19 PL Tarxien Rainbows 15:15 Balzan
27-10-19 PL Balzan 14:00 Sirens
02-11-19 PL Senglea Athletic 13:00 Balzan

  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 5 3 2 0 12 5 2 1 1 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 11
2 Floriana 5 3 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 11
3 Sirens 5 3 1 1 10 10 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 7 0 10
4 Valletta 5 2 2 1 10 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 8
5 Santa Lucia 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 8
6 Hibernians 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 7
7 Senglea Athletic 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 7
8 Sliema Wanderers 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 5
9 Mosta 4 1 1 2 9 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 4
10 Gzira United 4 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
11 Balzan 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
12 Gudja United 5 0 4 1 5 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 4
13 Birkirkara 5 0 3 2 6 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 3
14 Tarxien Rainbows 5 0 0 5 5 15 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Valletta 26 18 4 4 61 18 13 9 2 2 30 8 13 9 2 2 31 10 43 58
2 Hibernians 26 18 4 4 54 27 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 10 2 1 28 13 27 58
3 Gzira United 26 13 11 2 42 21 13 7 6 0 24 12 13 6 5 2 18 9 21 50
4 Hamrun Spartans 26 12 10 4 35 20 13 7 5 1 18 9 13 5 5 3 17 11 15 46
5 Sliema Wanderers 26 13 6 7 37 26 13 6 3 4 18 13 13 7 3 3 19 13 11 45
6 Balzan 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 6 4 3 20 14 13 6 3 4 21 17 10 43
7 Birkirkara 26 12 3 11 33 26 13 6 1 6 18 15 13 6 2 5 15 11 7 39
8 Floriana 26 9 5 12 28 25 13 4 2 7 13 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 3 32
9 Mosta 26 7 8 11 30 45 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 4 4 5 16 22 -15 29
10 Senglea Athletic 26 7 5 14 33 46 13 3 1 9 15 25 13 4 4 5 18 21 -13 26
11 Tarxien Rainbows 26 8 2 16 29 58 13 4 1 8 14 31 13 4 1 8 15 27 -29 26
12 St. Andrews 26 7 3 16 25 45 13 3 2 8 13 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -20 24
13 Qormi 26 6 2 18 25 51 13 2 2 9 13 26 13 4 0 9 12 25 -26 20
14 Pietà Hotspurs 26 3 4 19 25 59 13 2 2 9 9 27 13 1 2 10 16 32 -34 13

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