Football betting preview: Santa Lucia with moderate expectations before welcoming Hibernians

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hibernians Stadium (8000 seats)

Both Santa Lucia and Hibernians are hungry for points in this fixture, despite the visitors holding a 22 point edge so far this season.

Insights:
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (32) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the most scored goals (27) in Premier League

Both sides have had enough rest since their last match. Let's look for an animated game!

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Santa Lucia form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Santa Lucia are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Santa Lucia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Birkirkara, Hamrun Spartans and Floriana), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Santa Lucia, their manager Chetcuti and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The followers are hoping that Santa Lucia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Sirens (placed 5th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Gudja United (0-3).

Santa Lucia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Santa defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hibernians form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. Things are running smoothly for Hibernians who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Riga.

Hibernians are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Mosta (placed 10th).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sirens.

The Hibernians manager Sanderra has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Hibernians are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged match between these participants is the Hibernians - Santa Lucia 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Santa Lucia victories, one draw and two Hibernians wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HiberniansJ. Grech
J. Grech
8 goals
HiberniansJ. Degabriele
J. Degabriele
8 goals
Santa LuciaF. Rodrigues Farias
F. Rodrigues Farias
6 goals

Santa Lucia missing players

Hibernians missing players

Santa Lucia Hibernians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 7 15
1 1 1 Won W 2 5 9
8 4 0 Drew D 1 2 6
6 3 1 Lost L 0 0 0
21 10 3 Scored S 6 15 27
32 15 3 Conceded C 2 6 13
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
73% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 53%
53% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 27%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
73% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 86% 80%
13% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 20%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
5.3 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 3.5
4.7 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4.1
2.9 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3 2.9
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.7 9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.1 8.1
4.3 3.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.7
32% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 65% 49%
 
9.9 10.4 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 8.6 8.4
4.5 4.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Hibernians's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hibernians have not yet lost a game.
  • Hibernians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hibernians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hibernians have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hibernians have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the most points (17) away in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the most scored goals (27) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier League
  • Hibernians have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Premier League
  • Hibernians haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (32) in Premier League
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League

  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 15 9 6 0 27 13 8 4 4 0 12 7 7 5 2 0 15 6 14 33
2 Floriana 15 8 5 2 22 11 7 4 1 2 12 7 8 4 4 0 10 4 11 29
3 Hamrun Spartans 15 8 2 5 20 13 7 3 1 3 7 5 8 5 1 2 13 8 7 26
4 Birkirkara 15 6 6 3 21 15 7 4 3 0 13 7 8 2 3 3 8 8 6 24
5 Sirens 15 6 4 5 22 27 8 2 3 3 11 18 7 4 1 2 11 9 -5 22
6 Gzira United 15 5 6 4 24 22 7 1 4 2 10 12 8 4 2 2 14 10 2 21
7 Valletta 15 6 3 6 20 20 8 4 1 3 12 10 7 2 2 3 8 10 0 21
8 Balzan 15 6 2 7 24 21 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 3 1 4 15 12 3 20
9 Gudja United 15 5 2 8 19 19 7 2 1 4 7 9 8 3 1 4 12 10 0 17
10 Mosta 15 2 6 7 21 31 8 1 3 4 9 16 7 1 3 3 12 15 -10 12
11 Santa Lucia 15 1 8 6 21 32 8 1 4 3 10 15 7 0 4 3 11 17 -11 11
12 Sliema Wanderers 15 1 4 10 9 26 8 1 1 6 6 17 7 0 3 4 3 9 -17 7