Sliema Wanderers hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 11th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Birkirkara holds 8th place with 13 pts.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Birkirkara have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sliema Wanderers form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Sliema Wanderers have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Sliema Wanderers are confident in defense, having played 212 minutes without conceding a goal.
The Sliema Wanderers fans got no joy from their last match, a Fa Trophy game also here: A 0-2 defeat against Santa Lucia (placed 13th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Santa Lucia and winning 4-0.
Sliema Wanderers have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Sliema Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Birkirkara form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
199 minutes! That's how long the Birkirkara goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Birkirkara are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Fa Trophy against Nadur. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Tarxien Rainbows in the Premier League.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Birkirkara defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 2 - 5 (Sliema Wanderers wins - draws - Birkirkara wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mifsud 6 goals |
Sliema Wanderers missing players
Birkirkara missing players
| Sliema Wanderers | Birkirkara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 90 | 45 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 47 | 114 |
| 37 | 15 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 18 | 51 |
| 32% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 25% |
- Birkirkara has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Sliema Wanderers 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 | Floriana | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Gzira United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| 3 | Valletta | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Sirens | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Hibernians | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Hamrun Spartans | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Balzan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Birkirkara | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Mosta | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | Senglea Athletic | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Sliema Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Gudja United | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Santa Lucia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -24 | 0 |