Ta'Qali National Stadium: Hibernians vs Sirens Premier League preview

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

It's advantage Hibernians so far with their 2nd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Sirens who are placed 5th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Sirens's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Sirens have performed like this: Played 19 matches resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats with the goal stats 33-32 (scored/conceded).

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Hibernians form and stats

Hibernians, who have the most points (18) at home in Premier League, have performed here at Ta'Qali National Stadium this season with 6 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Ever since the Hamrun Spartans game Hibernians has been unbeatable here at Ta'Qali National Stadium producing four straight wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marko Jovicic not having conceded a league goal in 317 minutes.

Hibernians enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tarxien Rainbows's place. The match ended 4-0 with J. Degabriele, J. Grech and I. Iriberri (2) scoring. Before that, Hibernians had a home game versus Gudja United which ended with a victory 2-0.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Hibernians played a great game against Tarxien Rainbows and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Hibernians have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ta'Qali National Stadium with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Hibernians have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sirens form and stats

Sirens have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.

Sirens won their last game, 2-0 versus Mosta played at home. Before that, Sirens travelled to Senglea Athletic and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Sirens are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sirens have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Hibernians and Sirens have met before this season: Sirens - Hibernians 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

HiberniansI. Iriberri
I. Iriberri
7 goals
SirensE. Okoye
E. Okoye
5 goals
HiberniansJ. Grech
J. Grech
4 goals

Hibernians missing players

Sirens missing players

Hibernians Sirens
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 1 8 15
9 6 1 Won W 1 5 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 2 2 Lost L 0 2 3
27 14 3 Scored S 1 15 25
13 6 4 Conceded C 0 13 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
87% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 80%
53% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 53%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
60% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 53%
33% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 33%
7% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.6 4.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 2 4.1 4.4
3.3 3.6 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.4
2 1.9 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.5
3 3 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
158 76 27 Total Shots T S 11 70 124
71 35 11 Shots on Target S O 3 35 55
38% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Hibernians has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Hibernians has the most points (18) at home
  • Hibernians has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Hibernians has the the best goal difference (+8) at home
  • Hibernians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hibernians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sirens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sirens 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 15 10 4 1 28 10 7 4 2 1 12 5 8 6 2 0 16 5 18 34
2 Hibernians 15 9 3 3 27 13 8 6 0 2 14 6 7 3 3 1 13 7 14 30
3 Valletta 15 8 5 2 26 15 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 5 3 0 15 5 11 29
4 Gzira United 15 8 4 3 30 11 7 3 2 2 13 6 8 5 2 1 17 5 19 28
5 Sirens 15 8 4 3 25 21 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 5 1 2 15 13 4 28
6 Balzan 15 6 3 6 26 23 7 3 1 3 12 11 8 3 2 3 14 12 3 21
7 Birkirkara 15 5 5 5 20 17 8 2 3 3 14 13 7 3 2 2 6 4 3 20
8 Hamrun Spartans 15 4 7 4 17 17 8 1 4 3 7 9 7 3 3 1 10 8 0 19
9 Mosta 15 6 1 8 22 28 8 3 1 4 13 16 7 3 0 4 9 12 -6 19
10 Gudja United 15 3 6 6 18 25 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 1 3 4 8 16 -7 15
11 Senglea Athletic 15 3 6 6 17 27 8 3 3 2 13 13 7 0 3 4 4 14 -10 15
12 Sliema Wanderers 15 4 2 9 17 20 8 2 1 5 8 11 7 2 1 4 9 9 -3 14
13 Santa Lucia 15 3 5 7 13 25 8 1 3 4 4 14 7 2 2 3 9 11 -12 14
14 Tarxien Rainbows 15 0 1 14 14 48 7 0 0 7 4 24 8 0 1 7 10 24 -34 1