Lija Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 15th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Mosta holds 6th place with 18 pts.
- Lija Athletic has the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League
- Mosta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lija and Mosta.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Lija Athletic form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Lija Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League, have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Lija Athletic who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Senglea Athletic, 83 days ago.
In their previous game, the manager J. Galea led his Lija to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Zejtun Corinthians. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ta'Qali National Stadium. In the match before that, Lija hosted Hamrun Spartans and drew the game 2-2.
Lija are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Lija Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mosta form and stats
Playing away, Mosta have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. Momentum is building for Mosta in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Mosta's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Valletta that finished 2-2. Before that, Mosta secured a home win against Tarxien Rainbows with the score 1-0.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Mosta's duel with Valletta. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after K. Tulimieri found the equalizer.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Mosta are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Mosta have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Lija Athletic-Mosta H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Lija zero wins, Mosta four wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Kaljević 10 goals |  E. Beu 7 goals | K. Tulimieri 3 goals |
Lija Athletic missing players
Mosta missing players
| Lija Athletic | Mosta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 18% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 8 | 9.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 32% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 75% | 47% |
- All of Mosta's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lija Athletic has the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) 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.
- Mosta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mosta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Mosta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernians | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Hamrun Spartans | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | Sliema Wanderers | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Gudja United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Gzira United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Mosta | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Floriana | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Santa Lucia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Birkirkara | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Valletta | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Zejtun Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Balzan | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Sirens | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -17 | 5 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 2 |