Can Valletta defeat Balzan in Hibernians Stadium clash?

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hibernians Stadium (8000 seats)

League round two of the Premier League campaign and the sides have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's the Valletta - Balzan pre-match guide:

Valletta and Balzan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Valletta form and stats

Last season, Valletta's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, producing 7th place in the Premier League. From these 23 matches they scored 27 goals and let in 35. Playing as the home team in the previous season Valletta produced 5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 22 conceded.

It's back home for Valletta, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hamrun Spartans away with the result 2-1. M. Fontanella (2) found the net in that victory.

In the game before, an away victory in the Fa Trophy match versus Senglea Athletic with a 1-0 scoreline.

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Balzan form and stats

Let's have a look at how Balzan performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 13/18 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed Balzan's previous game versus Sliema Wanderers (placed 11th), a Premier League 1-0 win played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when M. Đurić scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Sliema Wanderers.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Zejtun Corinthians.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Valletta victories, one draw and zero Balzan wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VallettaM. Fontanella
M. Fontanella
2 goals
BalzanM. Đurić
M. Đurić
1 goals

Valletta missing players

Balzan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valletta Balzan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Valletta Last season Balzan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   11 23
9 5   Won W   1 6
6 2   Drew D   5 9
8 5   Lost L   5 8
27 15   Scored S   13 31
35 22   Conceded C   18 29
91% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 87%
74% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 61%
52% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 43%
30% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 39%
13% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 22%
57% 58%   BTTS BTTS   64% 57%
26% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 26%
26% 25%   Failed to Score F T   27% 30%
 
6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5
4.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.2
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.7
7 5   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.8 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 8.8
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
28% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 40%

  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

Table
  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

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