Premier League: Hibernians anticipated to overcome Sliema Wanderers

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

Hibernians form and stats

Hibernians are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Hibernians Stadium. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Hibernians has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Gzira United defeat 172 days ago.

The home team returns to Hibernians Stadium after drawing with Santa Lucia (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Before that, Hibernians played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Mosta.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Hibernians home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nadur are coming to town in three days.

The Hibernians fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Hibernians are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hibernians Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

Sliema Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Sliema Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Sliema Wanderers only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sliema Wanderers's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Wanderers goalkeeper David Cassar is eager to challenge this, with his 247 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Shaw scored in Sliema Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Sirens that ended 1-0.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Balzan.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sliema Wanderers's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sliema Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Sliema Wanderers - Hibernians 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hibernians five wins, two draws and Sliema Wanderers three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Grech 8 goals

J. Degabriele 8 goals

W. Domoraud 3 goals

Hibernians missing players

Sliema Wanderers missing players