Gzira United vs Hibernians: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Mon 16.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

This is the Premier League season opener for these contenders, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Gzira United or Hibernians get that crucial first victory?

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 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 13 matches. They have scored 34 goals and conceded 11 times in these games.

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Gzira United form and stats

Last season, Gzira United's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 23 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Gzira United managed 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 11 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Gzira United friendly games in pre-season: Gzira United played three friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Gzira United scored 8 goals and conceded 1 in these three games.

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Hibernians form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hibernians performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 26/11 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Hibernians as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Hibernians have played three with the results W1-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hibernians has scored 2 goals and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Gzira wins - draws - Hibernians wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Gzira United missing players

Hibernians missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gzira United Hibernians
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Gzira United Last season Hibernians
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 23
13 7   Won W   8 16
4 2   Drew D   1 3
5 2   Lost L   2 4
46 26   Scored S   26 53
21 11   Conceded C   11 20
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 78%
59% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 57%
36% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 39%
14% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   45% 26%
55% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 52%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 39%
14% 9%   Failed to Score F T   9% 9%
 
5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.7
4.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.2
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.5
4 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.2 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 11.7
5.1 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 5.4
41% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Birkirkara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Floriana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gudja United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gzira United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamrun Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hibernians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mosta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Santa Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sirens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Valletta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Hamrun Spartans 23 17 5 1 56 20 12 9 2 1 34 12 11 8 3 0 22 8 36 56
2 Hibernians 23 16 3 4 53 20 12 8 2 2 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 11 33 51
3 Gzira United 23 13 5 5 47 22 11 7 2 2 26 11 12 6 3 3 21 11 25 44
4 Birkirkara 23 13 5 5 45 25 11 5 2 4 20 14 12 8 3 1 25 11 20 44
5 Sliema Wanderers 23 12 4 7 39 31 11 6 1 4 23 17 12 6 3 3 16 14 8 40
6 Mosta 23 10 6 7 41 36 11 4 4 3 20 14 12 6 2 4 21 22 5 36
7 Valletta 23 9 6 8 27 35 12 5 2 5 15 22 11 4 4 3 12 13 -8 33
8 Santa Lucia 23 7 8 8 38 35 12 5 3 4 24 19 11 2 5 4 14 16 3 29
9 Gudja United 23 8 4 11 30 33 12 2 3 7 10 18 11 6 1 4 20 15 -3 28
10 Sirens 23 7 7 9 27 35 11 2 4 5 10 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -8 28
11 Balzan 23 6 9 8 31 29 12 5 4 3 18 11 11 1 5 5 13 18 2 27
12 Floriana 23 7 6 10 26 34 12 4 4 4 12 15 11 3 2 6 14 19 -8 27
13 Zejtun Corinthians 23 6 6 11 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 20 12 3 3 6 13 20 -12 24
14 Tarxien Rainbows 23 6 3 14 25 48 11 3 1 7 13 22 12 3 2 7 12 26 -23 21
15 Lija Athletic 23 5 5 13 25 46 12 3 4 5 14 18 11 2 1 8 11 28 -21 20
16 Senglea Athletic 23 0 2 21 13 62 11 0 1 10 5 25 12 0 1 11 8 37 -49 2

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Birkirkara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Floriana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gudja United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gzira United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamrun Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hibernians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mosta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Santa Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sirens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Valletta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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