The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Valletta are in the 9th position while the guesting Balzan worry at 13th.
- Valletta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Balzan has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
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.
Valletta form and stats
Valletta have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-2.
Valletta are returning here after visiting Lija Athletic in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. M. Alba (2) scored the goal(s). Before that, Valletta had a home game versus Zejtun Corinthians which ended with a victory 2-1.
A decent goal production from Valletta in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valletta defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Balzan form and stats
There's been little loot from Balzan's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Balzan only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Balzan failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Tarxien Rainbows (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Balzan secured a home win against Sirens with the score 1-0.
Balzan have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Balzan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Balzan - Valletta 0-1 entered in the official records. Valletta-Balzan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valletta eight wins, Balzan zero wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Fontanella 3 goals |  M. Piciollo 3 goals |  U. Ljubomirac 3 goals |
Valletta missing players
Balzan missing players
| Valletta | Balzan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 56% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 12% |
| 77% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 29% | 28% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 40% | 37% |
- All of Valletta's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Balzan has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Balzan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valletta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Valletta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Valletta haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Hamrun Spartans | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | Sliema Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Mosta | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Birkirkara | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Gudja United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Valletta | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Sirens | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Floriana | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Zejtun Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Balzan | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -32 | 2 |