Santa Lucia will pray that their home comfort is enough to get at least a draw from this hard battle, vs frisky Birkirkara.
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- Birkirkara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Santa Lucia form and stats
0 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Santa Lucia, who have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League, have to build on here at Hibernians Stadium in the Premier League. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The fans are hoping that Santa Lucia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-5 away loss in the Premier League game against Valletta (placed 4th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Santa Lucia drew at home versus Sliema Wanderers.The Santa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Birkirkara form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Birkirkara playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Birkirkara's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Hibernians (placed 1st).
Prior to that match, the Birkirkara manager A. Paus faced defeat when travelling to Sirens and losing 2-3.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Birkirkara are regular goalscorers on their travels. 5 goals have been conceded by Birkirkara in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Santa wins - draws - Birkirkara wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Falcone 5 goals | L. Montebello 4 goals |  F. Rodrigues Farias 3 goals |
Santa Lucia missing players
Birkirkara missing players
| Santa Lucia | Birkirkara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 11 | 9.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 43% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 47% | 44% |
| 10.2 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Birkirkara's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Birkirkara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Birkirkara have scored in all their matches so far.
- Birkirkara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
- Santa Lucia have yet to win a 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Birkirkara | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Floriana | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Valletta | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Hamrun Spartans | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Balzan | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Sirens | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Gzira United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Mosta | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Gudja United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Santa Lucia | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Sliema Wanderers | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 4 |