The Premier League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Hibernians and Lija Athletic promises to be an interesting one.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Mosta, so at least Hibernians are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Lija Athletic play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Lija Athletic when playing on grass are 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 21 matches. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 45 times in these games.
Hibernians form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Hibernians so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Hibernians are returning here after visiting Mosta in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. J. Degabriele (3) scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Valletta that ended 1-1.
What a game it was for J. Degabriele when beating Mosta, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Hibernians has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Lija Athletic form and stats
It's not happening yet for Lija Athletic on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Lija's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Lija Athletic aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 395 league minutes without a goal. E. Beu was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Gzira United with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lija Athletic has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Hibernians won two, Lija Athletic won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Degabriele 4 goals |  J. Grech 3 goals |  E. Beu 3 goals |
Hibernians missing players
Lija Athletic missing players
| Hibernians | Lija Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 31% |
- All of Hibernians's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hibernians have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hibernians have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hibernians have scored more than double the goals of Lija Athletic.
- Hibernians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lija Athletic have failed to score a single goal away.
- Lija Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
| Hibernians | Last season | Lija Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 56% | 47% | ||
| 65% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 79% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 16% | ||
| 10% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 5% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 208 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 72 | ||
| 99 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 37 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 76% | 76% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Sliema Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Gudja United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hibernians | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Floriana | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Balzan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Valletta | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Santa Lucia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Zejtun Corinthians | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Mosta | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Lija Athletic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Birkirkara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Sirens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 1 |