Valletta vs Marsaxlokk preview

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Competition: Thu 20.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (1000 seats)

Valletta have harvested 11 of their 36 in total here at their home arena. Will they win more points versus Marsaxlokk?

Insights:
  • Valletta have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Premier League
  • Marsaxlokk have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League

This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Valletta form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Valletta have only managed 1 win, 8 draws and 3 losses from their games here at MFA Centenary Stadium. With seven home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Valletta fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Happy days for Valletta in their previous game, a fixture away at Gudja United (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Santa Lucia with the scoreline 0-1.

Valletta have scored {6 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Valletta have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Marsaxlokk form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. It's a growing despair in Marsaxlokk as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for Marsaxlokk in their previous game as they lost hosting Floriana, 1-5. Marsaxlokk lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Sirens's place.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored in 13 of this club's latest 17 league fixtures.

Marsaxlokk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Marsaxlokk as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Valletta have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest battles against this opponent. Something to take note of?

The most up to date archived scoreline featuring both these sides is the Marsaxlokk - Valletta 1-2 played not long ago this season. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

VallettaK. Bevis
K. Bevis
6 goals
VallettaS. Dimech
S. Dimech
5 goals
VallettaA. Zammit
A. Zammit
5 goals

Valletta missing players

Marsaxlokk missing players

Valletta Marsaxlokk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
9 1 1 Won W 1 4 5
9 8 1 Drew D 2 5 9
7 3 2 Lost L 1 3 11
36 6 4 Scored S 6 15 27
22 6 3 Conceded C 5 11 37
80% 58% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 92%
60% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 76%
44% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 52%
24% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 20%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
40% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 68%
36% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 20%
44% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 20%
 
3.8 4.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.8
5 4.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.6 3.3
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.6 3.2
7 4 0 Red cards R C 2 3 8
 
8.7 8.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.2 7.1
3.9 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.2
37% 15% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 41% 34%
 
8.9 7.9 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 4.2 5.4 6.2
3.3 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Marsaxlokk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Valletta have scored home.
  • Marsaxlokk have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League
  • Valletta have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Premier League

  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 25 21 3 1 43 10 12 11 1 0 20 1 13 10 2 1 23 9 33 66
2 Birkirkara 25 14 8 3 49 18 13 9 3 1 29 8 12 5 5 2 20 10 31 50
3 Gzira United 25 13 6 6 42 19 12 5 2 5 16 12 13 8 4 1 26 7 23 45
4 Mosta 25 13 4 8 45 32 12 5 2 5 19 18 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 43
5 Hibernians 25 13 4 8 40 35 13 6 2 5 17 21 12 7 2 3 23 14 5 43
6 Balzan 25 13 4 8 35 31 12 4 2 6 14 19 13 9 2 2 21 12 4 43
7 Floriana 25 10 7 8 28 21 12 5 5 2 11 7 13 5 2 6 17 14 7 37
8 Valletta 25 9 9 7 36 22 12 1 8 3 6 6 13 8 1 4 30 16 14 36
9 Sirens 25 8 8 9 25 32 12 4 3 5 18 22 13 4 5 4 7 10 -7 32
10 Gudja United 25 8 5 12 28 37 13 4 2 7 15 20 12 4 3 5 13 17 -9 29
11 Marsaxlokk 25 5 9 11 27 37 13 1 4 8 12 26 12 4 5 3 15 11 -10 24
12 Santa Lucia 25 4 3 18 19 47 13 2 2 9 9 23 12 2 1 9 10 24 -28 15
13 Zebbug Rangers 25 4 2 19 21 54 13 3 0 10 12 27 12 1 2 9 9 27 -33 14
14 Pietà Hotspurs 25 3 2 20 22 65 13 1 1 11 12 40 12 2 1 9 10 25 -43 11