Mosta vs Balzan match preview

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

Another intriguing game in the Premier League. Mosta is in the 12th spot after participating in four fixtures. They receive Balzan who are placed 5th after four games.

Insights:
  • Mosta have the most conceded goals (9) in Premier League

This should be an intriguing match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Mosta form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Mosta at their home stadium (Ta'Qali National Stadium) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Mosta, their manager J. Grech and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

No payout for Mosta in their previous match, an away game at Hibernians that ended in defeat 2-3.

Ahead of that match, Mosta lost 1-2 at home to Hamrun Spartans.

Early season league goal statistics from Mosta's 2 home games: 1 goal, 5 conceded.

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Balzan form and stats

Balzan are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Balzan play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hamrun Spartans (placed 10th).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Birkirkara.

It's early days yet, but Balzan has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these contenders: Mosta won one, Balzan triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BalzanM. Đurić
M. Đurić
2 goals
MostaW. Donkin
W. Donkin
1 goals
MostaC. Failla
C. Failla
1 goals

Mosta missing players

Balzan missing players

Mosta Balzan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 0 Scored S 1 1 3
9 5 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 3.5
4.5 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 5.8
4.2 4.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.5 10.8
3.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.2
27% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 9% 14%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Mosta have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
  • Mosta have the most conceded goals (9) in Premier League
  • Mosta have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
  • Mosta have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Premier League
  • Mosta have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Premier League
  • Mosta is in the worst form (0-1-3)
Mosta Last season Balzan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 11   Played P   11 23
10 4   Won W   1 6
6 4   Drew D   5 9
7 3   Lost L   5 8
41 20   Scored S   13 31
36 14   Conceded C   18 29
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 87%
78% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 61%
65% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 43%
52% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 39%
26% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 22%
61% 55%   BTTS BTTS   64% 57%
30% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 26%
13% 18%   Failed to Score F T   27% 30%
 
4.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.2
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.7
4 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
9.4 10   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 8.8
3.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
47% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 40%

  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 4 4 0 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 12
2 Birkirkara 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 10
3 Sirens 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 7
4 Floriana 4 1 3 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 6
5 Balzan 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
6 Valletta 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
7 Gzira United 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 5
8 Gudja United 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 4
9 Santa Lucia 4 0 3 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 -2 3
10 Hamrun Spartans 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 3
11 Sliema Wanderers 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
12 Mosta 4 0 1 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 1
Last season 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 23 17 5 1 56 20 12 9 2 1 34 12 11 8 3 0 22 8 36 56
2 Hibernians 23 16 3 4 53 20 12 8 2 2 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 11 33 51
3 Gzira United 23 13 5 5 47 22 11 7 2 2 26 11 12 6 3 3 21 11 25 44
4 Birkirkara 23 13 5 5 45 25 11 5 2 4 20 14 12 8 3 1 25 11 20 44
5 Sliema Wanderers 23 12 4 7 39 31 11 6 1 4 23 17 12 6 3 3 16 14 8 40
6 Mosta 23 10 6 7 41 36 11 4 4 3 20 14 12 6 2 4 21 22 5 36
7 Valletta 23 9 6 8 27 35 12 5 2 5 15 22 11 4 4 3 12 13 -8 33
8 Santa Lucia 23 7 8 8 38 35 12 5 3 4 24 19 11 2 5 4 14 16 3 29
9 Gudja United 23 8 4 11 30 33 12 2 3 7 10 18 11 6 1 4 20 15 -3 28
10 Sirens 23 7 7 9 27 35 11 2 4 5 10 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -8 28
11 Balzan 23 6 9 8 31 29 12 5 4 3 18 11 11 1 5 5 13 18 2 27
12 Floriana 23 7 6 10 26 34 12 4 4 4 12 15 11 3 2 6 14 19 -8 27
13 Zejtun Corinthians 23 6 6 11 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 20 12 3 3 6 13 20 -12 24
14 Tarxien Rainbows 23 6 3 14 25 48 11 3 1 7 13 22 12 3 2 7 12 26 -23 21
15 Lija Athletic 23 5 5 13 25 46 12 3 4 5 14 18 11 2 1 8 11 28 -21 20
16 Senglea Athletic 23 0 2 21 13 62 11 0 1 10 5 25 12 0 1 11 8 37 -49 2