With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Santa Lucia fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lija Athletic.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Santa Lucia form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Santa Lucia have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Valletta.
Santa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Santa Lucia are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Lija Athletic form and stats
No Premier League points yet away for Lija Athletic, from their first 3 matches. With the Lija losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. It's all red in the travel logs of Lija Athletic, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Lija Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sirens proved too strong as Lija slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Lija Ground. A 1-8 defeat away at Hibernians before that.
Lija are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Lija can't defend away. 11 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Santa-Lija Athletic H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Santa Lucia two wins, Lija Athletic zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Ante Rosero 6 goals |  E. Beu 3 goals | R. Tachikawa 1 goals |
Santa Lucia missing players
Lija Athletic missing players
| Santa Lucia | Lija Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 48 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 82% | 200% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 28% |
- All of Santa Lucia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lija Athletic has the most conceded goals (11) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Premier League
- Lija Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lija Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
- Santa Lucia has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Santa Lucia 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 | Hibernians | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Sliema Wanderers | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Hamrun Spartans | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Gudja United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Floriana | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Valletta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Balzan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Mosta | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Santa Lucia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Zejtun Corinthians | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Sirens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Tarxien Rainbows | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Birkirkara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 1 |