Struggling Tarxien Rainbows will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Valletta in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Tarxien Rainbows form and stats
With 0 Premier League wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Tarxien Rainbows, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Zero (!) Premier League points is the sad result after 9 matches here at Ta'Qali National Stadium. Can it change today? With nine home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Tarxien Rainbows fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Mosta game long ago, can be stopped today. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Tarxien Rainbows with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Hamrun Spartans game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Tarxien Rainbows haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 315 minutes ago. M. Ciantar scored that one.
Tarxien Rainbows are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Balzan. Ahead of that match, Tarxien Rainbows lost 0-4 at home to Floriana.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tarxien Rainbows here at Ta'Qali National Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Tarxien Rainbows have let the opposition score 31 times, an average of more than three per game.
Valletta form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. Valletta love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Valletta failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Gudja United (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Valletta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Valletta's manager D. Abdilla has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Valletta - Tarxien Rainbows 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tarxien Rainbows one win, two draws and Valletta seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fontanella 12 goals |  A. Andrejić 3 goals |  S. Borg 3 goals |
Tarxien Rainbows missing players
Valletta missing players
| Tarxien Rainbows | Valletta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 61 | 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 70% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| 65% | 78% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 60% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 30% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 70% | 40% |
| 40% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 145 | 71 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 98 | 208 |
| 64 | 29 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 42 | 85 |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | 34% |
- All of Tarxien Rainbows's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest points (0) at home
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest scored goals (18)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most conceded goals (31) at home
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most conceded goals (61)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the most matches over the total-line (19)
- Tarxien Rainbows has the the worst goal difference (-26) at home
- Tarxien Rainbows has the the worst goal difference (-43)
- Tarxien Rainbows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tarxien Rainbows have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Tarxien Rainbows have lost all their home matches so far.
- Tarxien Rainbows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tarxien Rainbows haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valletta has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Valletta have not yet lost a game away.
- Valletta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Valletta have scored at least twice as many goals away as Tarxien Rainbows have scored home.
- Valletta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Valletta | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Hibernians | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Sirens | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Birkirkara | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Gzira United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | Balzan | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Mosta | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Hamrun Spartans | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sliema Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Gudja United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Senglea Athletic | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -43 | 4 |