Ta'Qali National Stadium: Santa Lucia vs Gzira United Premier League pre-match guide

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ta'Qali National Stadium (8000 seats)

With the nervous opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Premier League clash of the season. Santa Lucia are eager to welcome Gzira United in front of their stadium regulars.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Santa Lucia form and stats

In the previous season, Santa Lucia's league results were 7 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, leading to 8th position in the Premier League. From these 23 matches they scored 38 goals and gave away 35. Appearing at home in the previous season Santa Lucia managed 5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 19 conceded.

Santa manager B. Chetcuti and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Floriana (placed 6th) in the Premier League.

Preceding that match was the home Fa Trophy game against Mosta that was lost 0-2.

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Gzira United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gzira United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 21/11 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Hibernians with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, the Gzira manager D. Abdilla faced defeat when travelling to Sliema Wanderers and losing 0-2.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Santa Lucia victory, two draws and zero Gzira United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gzira UnitedM. Maia da Silva
M. Maia da Silva
1 goals

Santa Lucia missing players

Gzira United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santa Lucia Gzira United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Santa Lucia Last season Gzira United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   11 22
7 5   Won W   6 13
8 3   Drew D   2 4
8 4   Lost L   3 5
38 24   Scored S   20 46
35 19   Conceded C   10 21
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 86%
57% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 59%
48% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
26% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 14%
65% 67%   BTTS BTTS   45% 55%
17% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
22% 25%   Failed to Score F T   18% 14%
 
4.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 5
4.8 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.2
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
3 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9.3 9   Shots (avg) S (   14 13.2
4.2 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.1
39% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 41%

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

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