League round two of the Premier League season and the participants have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's our Sliema Wanderers - Floriana pre-match guide:
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Sliema Wanderers form and stats
The season before, Sliema Wanderers's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 5th position in the Premier League. Over these 23 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 31. Playing as the home side in the last season Sliema Wanderers generated 6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.
Wanderers lost their last game at Balzan (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. The defeat against Balzan was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by M. Djuric).
Before that, Sliema Wanderers had a home game versus Gzira United which ended with a victory 2-0.Floriana form and stats
Let's have a look at how Floriana performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 14/19 goals scored/conceded.
Floriana played 2-2 against Santa Lucia in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Birkirkara's place.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Wanderers victories, three draws and two Floriana wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Sliema Wanderers missing players
Floriana missing players
| Sliema Wanderers | Floriana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Sliema Wanderers | Last season | Floriana | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 87% | ||
| 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 74% | ||
| 61% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 26% | ||
| 17% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 13% | ||
| 65% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 57% | ||
| 26% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 26% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 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 | Valletta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Balzan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sirens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Floriana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Santa Lucia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Gzira United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hibernians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hamrun Spartans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Gudja United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sliema Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 |