The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Gzira United leading Santa Lucia by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
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!
Gzira United form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Gzira United, who have the most scored goals (29) in Premier League, so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Gzira United, who won 3-0 against Hamrun Spartans (placed 9th). Heartbreak before that as Gzira United lost 0-2 at Hibernians's place.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Gzira United's attacking play is working. Gzira United have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santa Lucia form and stats
Santa Lucia have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-3 (6 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Santa Lucia, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Tarxien Rainbows game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Santa Lucia's last game was the home draw against Valletta (2-2). A loss against Balzan was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It looked so good for Santa Lucia vs Valletta, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Santa Lucia find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Santa Lucia have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Santa Lucia - Gzira United 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  J. de Assis Estácio 11 goals |  B. Koné 5 goals |  A. Samb 5 goals |
Gzira United missing players
Santa Lucia missing players
| Gzira United | Santa Lucia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 50% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 175 | 76 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 54 | 147 |
| 87 | 42 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 21 | 62 |
| 33% | 29% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 15% |
- Gzira United has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Gzira United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Gzira United has the most scored goals (29)
- Gzira United has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Gzira United has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
- Gzira United has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Gzira United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Gzira United have scored more than double the goals of Santa Lucia.
- Santa Lucia has the fewest scored goals (11)
- Santa Lucia has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- Santa Lucia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Lucia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santa Lucia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santa Lucia 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 | Floriana | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 3 | Hibernians | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Valletta | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Sirens | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Balzan | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Birkirkara | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Mosta | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Hamrun Spartans | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Sliema Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Gudja United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Senglea Athletic | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Lucia | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -30 | 1 |