Lija Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 15th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Gudja United holds 8th place with 20 pts.
- Lija Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Gudja United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
Lija Athletic form and stats
Lija Athletic's results here at Hibernians Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
Lija's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Valletta (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mosta that ended 1-1.
Lija are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Floriana awaits in four days.
Lija Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Lija have conceded 10 goals.
Gudja United form and stats
Playing away, Gudja United have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Gudja are travelling again after losing away to Santa Lucia in their previous match (2-3). A loss against Sirens was the result prior to that, in a home game.
A new game in only four days for Gudja, the Premier League home match versus Hibernians. Busy days.
The Gudja manager J. Mansueto has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Gudja in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Gudja United - Lija Athletic 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lija Athletic five wins, two draws and Gudja United three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Messias 11 goals |  E. Beu 9 goals |  A. Friggieri 3 goals |
Lija Athletic missing players
Gudja United missing players
| Lija Athletic | Gudja United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 21 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 92% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 77% |
| 54% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 71% | 62% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 23% |
| 46% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 15% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 46% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.7 | 12 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 32% | 40% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 39% | 33% |
- Gudja United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Gudja United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gudja United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lija Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Lija Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lija Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Hamrun Spartans | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | Sliema Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Mosta | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Birkirkara | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Gudja United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Valletta | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Sirens | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Floriana | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Zejtun Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Balzan | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -32 | 2 |