Mosta fights Birkirkara in Premier League battle

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

It's ground zero in Premier League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Mosta and Birkirkara did in their pre-season friendlies!

Birkirkara play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Birkirkara when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 8 times in these games.

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Mosta form and stats

Last season, Mosta's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Premier League. Over these 23 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Mosta managed 4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 14 conceded.

Mosta have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Mosta scored 2 goals and let in 11 goals during these three games.

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Birkirkara form and stats

Let's have a look at how Birkirkara performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 25/11 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Birkirkara have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Birkirkara wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mosta won two games, one match ended with a draw and Birkirkara has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Mosta missing players

Birkirkara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mosta Birkirkara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Mosta Last season Birkirkara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 11   Played P   12 23
10 4   Won W   8 13
6 4   Drew D   3 5
7 3   Lost L   1 5
41 20   Scored S   25 45
36 14   Conceded C   11 25
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 91%
78% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 83%
65% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 61%
52% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
26% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 22%
61% 55%   BTTS BTTS   42% 43%
30% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 48%
13% 18%   Failed to Score F T   17% 17%
 
4.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.4 10   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 10.3
3.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 4.9
47% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Birkirkara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Floriana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gudja United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gzira United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamrun Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hibernians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mosta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Santa Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sirens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Valletta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Balzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Birkirkara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Floriana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gudja United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gzira United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamrun Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hibernians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mosta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Santa Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sirens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Valletta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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