Struggling Senglea Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hamrun Spartans in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
Hamrun Spartans could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Valletta. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Senglea Athletic form and stats
Senglea Athletic's results here at Ta'Qali National Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 0 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 16 attempts. With seven home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Senglea fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Zejtun Corinthians game long ago, can be stopped today.
No payout for Senglea in their previous match, an away game at Zejtun Corinthians that ended in defeat 1-3. Preceding that match was the home game against Sirens that was lost 0-1.
The manager C. Mizzi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nadur in only four days.
Senglea has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Senglea with 16 goals conceded in these matches.
Hamrun Spartans form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. Things are running smoothly for Spartans who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Birkirkara. It’s been three wins in a row for Spartans on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Hamrun Spartans play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Valletta (placed 9th). A draw for Spartans before that, at their own venue hosting Santa Lucia (2-2).
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Spartans are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hamrun Spartans - Senglea 3-0. Senglea Athletic-Hamrun Spartans H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Senglea zero wins, Hamrun Spartans eight wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Sasere 11 goals | P. Djordjevic 8 goals | A. Dos Santos Soares 7 goals |
Senglea Athletic missing players
Hamrun Spartans missing players
| Senglea Athletic | Hamrun Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 44 |
| 41 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 44% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 56% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 43% |
- Hamrun Spartans has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans has the the best goal difference (+28) in Premier League
- Hamrun Spartans have not yet lost a game away.
- Hamrun Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hamrun Spartans have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hamrun Spartans have scored more than double the goals of Senglea Athletic.
- Hamrun Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamrun Spartans is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-34) in Premier League
- Senglea Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Senglea Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Senglea Athletic have yet to win a game.
- Senglea Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Senglea Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 38 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Birkirkara | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Sliema Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Mosta | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Gudja United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Valletta | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Sirens | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Zejtun Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Floriana | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Balzan | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | -34 | 2 |