Gzira United and Hibernians club members eagerly anticipate Premier League meeting at Ta'Qali National Stadium

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

A total of 16 rounds of games have been played and both Gzira United and Hibernians are doing great. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Gzira United have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League

9-3-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hibernians when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 14 matches are 28-9 (scored/conceded).

Gzira United and Hibernians should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gzira United form and stats

Gzira United have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Gzira United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Marsaxlokk's place. The match ended 3-0 with Mentz, da Silva and Estácio scoring.

Ahead of that match, a home win hosting Sliema Wanderers in the Fa Trophy.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Gzira fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Gzira United have conceded only 5 goals.

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Hibernians form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.

Impressive finishing from Degabriele (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Mosta in their previous game.

A home victory as predicted against Zurrieq ahead of that, in the Fa Trophy.

A fact for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.

Hibernians are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. Hibernians are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Gzira United and Hibernians have played each other previously this season: Hibernians - Gzira United 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gzira four wins, one draw and Hibernians five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HiberniansJ. Degabriele
J. Degabriele
11 goals
Gzira UnitedJ. de Assis Estácio
J. de Assis Estácio
10 goals
Gzira UnitedM. Maia da Silva
M. Maia da Silva
9 goals

Gzira United missing players

Hibernians missing players

Gzira United Hibernians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 1 7 16
9 3 0 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 2 1 Lost L 1 1 4
27 10 1 Scored S 0 13 24
10 5 2 Conceded C 1 5 18
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 75%
44% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 44%
19% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 25%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 19%
38% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
56% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 38%
19% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 14% 12%
 
4.2 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 4.4
4.8 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.7 4.3
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 10.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10 8.7
5.1 5.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 5 4.3
32% 26% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 37%
 
9.1 9.1 19 Shots against (avg) S A 15 7.2 7.5
3.6 3.9 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.7 3.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Gzira United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gzira United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Gzira United have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Hibernians have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
  • 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 16 14 1 1 26 8 7 7 0 0 11 1 9 7 1 1 15 7 18 43
2 Gzira United 16 9 5 2 27 10 7 3 2 2 10 5 9 6 3 0 17 5 17 32
3 Birkirkara 16 9 4 3 30 11 8 5 2 1 15 4 8 4 2 2 15 7 19 31
4 Hibernians 16 9 3 4 24 18 9 5 1 3 11 13 7 4 2 1 13 5 6 30
5 Balzan 16 8 2 6 21 18 7 2 1 4 8 10 9 6 1 2 13 8 3 26
6 Mosta 16 8 2 6 26 24 7 3 1 3 9 12 9 5 1 3 17 12 2 26
7 Floriana 16 7 4 5 17 12 8 4 3 1 8 4 8 3 1 4 9 8 5 25
8 Gudja United 16 7 3 6 19 20 9 3 2 4 10 13 7 4 1 2 9 7 -1 24
9 Valletta 15 6 4 5 23 13 7 1 4 2 5 4 8 5 0 3 18 9 10 22
10 Sirens 15 4 6 5 12 16 7 2 2 3 8 11 8 2 4 2 4 5 -4 18
11 Marsaxlokk 16 3 5 8 16 23 9 1 2 6 8 17 7 2 3 2 8 6 -7 14
12 Santa Lucia 16 2 2 12 12 32 9 1 1 7 6 18 7 1 1 5 6 14 -20 8
13 Zebbug Rangers 16 2 1 13 15 35 8 2 0 6 9 14 8 0 1 7 6 21 -20 7
14 Pietà Hotspurs 16 1 2 13 11 39 9 0 1 8 8 27 7 1 1 5 3 12 -28 5