Hibernians vs Gudja United: Soccer betting preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hibernians Stadium (8000 seats)

Game week two of the Premier League campaign and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the ultimate Hibernians - Gudja United guide:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This field has grass, which is not Gudja United's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When playing on grass Gudja United have performed like this: Played 19 matches with the outcome 9 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal data 31-30 (scored/conceded).

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

W L L W L

Hibernians form and stats

The season before, Hibernians's league statistics were 16 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, providing 2nd position in the Premier League. In these 23 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 20. Performing as the home side in the last season Hibernians generated 8-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 9 conceded.

Hibernians enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gzira United's place. The match ended 3-1 with F. Apap and J. Grech (2) scoring.

Preceding that match was a Champions League defeat to Flora (0-3).

L W L L L

Gudja United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gudja United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 20/15 goals scored/conceded.

Gudja failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Sirens (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Prior to that result Gudja won their away game at Valletta. The scoreline was 4-2.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Hibernians victories, one draw and zero Gudja United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HiberniansJ. Grech
J. Grech
2 goals
HiberniansF. Apap
F. Apap
1 goals

Hibernians missing players

Gudja United missing players

Hibernians Gudja United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 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% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Hibernians Last season Gudja United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   11 22
16 8   Won W   6 8
3 2   Drew D   1 3
4 2   Lost L   4 11
53 27   Scored S   20 29
20 9   Conceded C   15 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
78% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 68%
57% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 50%
39% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
26% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 23%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   45% 45%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 27%
9% 8%   Failed to Score F T   18% 32%
 
4.7 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4
3.2 3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.7
2.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.7 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 11.5
5.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5
43% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 26%

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