Premier League match preview and statistics: Lija Athletic fight Sirens

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sun 15.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

Sirens have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Lija Athletic. Prepare for the match with this Premier League preview!

Lija Athletic and Sirens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lija Athletic form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Lija Athletic, who have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Premier League, are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Lija Athletic to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Lija in their previous match, an away game at Hibernians that ended in defeat 1-8. Before that game, the home loss against Gzira United with the scoreline 0-3.

Lija were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Lija are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. On the other hand, Lija have conceded 3 goals.

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Sirens form and stats

No Premier League points yet away for Sirens, from their first 2 matches. Sirens has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Prior to that match, the Sirens manager S. D'Amato faced defeat when travelling to Floriana and losing 2-3.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sirens has managed 3 goals and let in 8 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Lija won two, Sirens won one and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lija AthleticE. Beu
E. Beu
3 goals
SirensM. Maia da Silva
M. Maia da Silva
2 goals
Lija AthleticF. Brandán
F. Brandán
1 goals

Lija Athletic missing players

Sirens missing players

Lija Athletic Sirens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
5 4 4 Scored S 0 3 5
14 3 0 Conceded C 0 8 10
83% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 75%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
17% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
33% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
67% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
35 20 19 Total Shots T S 0 22 36
15 8 7 Shots on Target S O 0 9 18
33% 50% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lija Athletic has the most clean sheets (2) at home in Premier League

  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 7 5 1 1 20 10 3 2 1 0 12 3 4 3 0 1 8 7 10 16
2 Sliema Wanderers 7 5 1 1 14 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 8 16
3 Gzira United 7 4 2 1 18 8 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 2 1 1 9 5 10 14
4 Hamrun Spartans 7 4 2 1 17 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 9 14
5 Gudja United 7 4 1 2 13 6 3 1 0 2 3 3 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 13
6 Floriana 6 4 0 2 10 9 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 12
7 Valletta 6 3 2 1 10 8 3 2 0 1 7 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 11
8 Balzan 7 2 3 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 9
9 Mosta 6 2 2 2 12 14 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 8
10 Santa Lucia 7 2 2 3 9 12 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 1 1 2 5 6 -3 8
11 Zejtun Corinthians 7 1 3 3 9 11 4 0 2 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 5 5 -2 6
12 Tarxien Rainbows 7 1 2 4 8 12 4 0 0 4 0 9 3 1 2 0 8 3 -4 5
13 Birkirkara 6 1 1 4 7 12 3 0 0 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 -5 4
14 Lija Athletic 6 1 1 4 5 14 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 11 -9 4
15 Sirens 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 2
16 Senglea Athletic 7 0 1 6 2 18 3 0 1 2 1 8 4 0 0 4 1 10 -16 1