Football match preview: Mosta vs Pietà Hotspurs

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Charles Abela Memorial Stadium (600 seats)

Boasting a 21 point dominance in the league table, Mosta fans yearn to see their team collect all points from this fixture versus Pietà Hotspurs.

Insights:
  • Mosta have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Mosta form and stats

Mosta have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Charles Abela Memorial Stadium.

Mosta faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hibernians (0-2).

Before that game, a strong away win at Melita. A Fa Trophy game.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 13 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Mosta has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mosta defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Pietà Hotspurs form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pietà Hotspurs so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Pietà Hotspurs failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Hamrun Spartans (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Before that one, the victory at home against Xewkija in the Fa Trophy (2-0).

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Hotspurs's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. Pietà Hotspurs have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Pietà Hotspurs - Mosta 1-4 was the result in these sides' last H2H game, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Mosta victories, one draw and three Pietà Hotspurs wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MostaC. Failla
C. Failla
4 goals
MostaZ. Brincat
Z. Brincat
4 goals
MostaE. Christ Ememe
E. Christ Ememe
4 goals

Mosta missing players

Pietà Hotspurs missing players

Mosta Pietà Hotspurs
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 7 16
8 3 2 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 2 5 13
26 9 5 Scored S 1 3 11
24 12 2 Conceded C 4 12 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 81%
69% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 56%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 38%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 56%
6% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 6%
19% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 38%
 
4.6 3.6 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.6 2.8
4.8 5.3 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.6 6.2
2.3 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 9.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6 5.4
4.1 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.1 2.2
39% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 20% 31%
 
10.5 10.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.3 12.1
5.2 5.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.7 5.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Mosta's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mosta have scored more than double the goals of Pietà Hotspurs.
  • Mosta have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Mosta have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Mosta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Mosta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the most conceded goals (39) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Premier League
  • Pietà Hotspurs 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 Hamrun Spartans 16 14 1 1 26 8 7 7 0 0 11 1 9 7 1 1 15 7 18 43
2 Gzira United 16 9 5 2 27 10 7 3 2 2 10 5 9 6 3 0 17 5 17 32
3 Birkirkara 16 9 4 3 30 11 8 5 2 1 15 4 8 4 2 2 15 7 19 31
4 Hibernians 16 9 3 4 24 18 9 5 1 3 11 13 7 4 2 1 13 5 6 30
5 Balzan 16 8 2 6 21 18 7 2 1 4 8 10 9 6 1 2 13 8 3 26
6 Mosta 16 8 2 6 26 24 7 3 1 3 9 12 9 5 1 3 17 12 2 26
7 Floriana 16 7 4 5 17 12 8 4 3 1 8 4 8 3 1 4 9 8 5 25
8 Gudja United 16 7 3 6 19 20 9 3 2 4 10 13 7 4 1 2 9 7 -1 24
9 Valletta 15 6 4 5 23 13 7 1 4 2 5 4 8 5 0 3 18 9 10 22
10 Sirens 15 4 6 5 12 16 7 2 2 3 8 11 8 2 4 2 4 5 -4 18
11 Marsaxlokk 16 3 5 8 16 23 9 1 2 6 8 17 7 2 3 2 8 6 -7 14
12 Santa Lucia 16 2 2 12 12 32 9 1 1 7 6 18 7 1 1 5 6 14 -20 8
13 Zebbug Rangers 16 2 1 13 15 35 8 2 0 6 9 14 8 0 1 7 6 21 -20 7
14 Pietà Hotspurs 16 1 2 13 11 39 9 0 1 8 8 27 7 1 1 5 3 12 -28 5