Premier League: Valletta - Santa Lucia preview and statistics

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Competition: Malta Premier League
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: MFA Centenary Stadium (2000 seats)

It's a new Premier League campaign and Valletta are eager to get started here at MFA Centenary Stadium. Santa Lucia are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Santa Lucia have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 5-4-0 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.

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Valletta form and stats

Valletta could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at MFA Centenary Stadium they witnessed 9 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W18 - D4 - L4 from 26 games.

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Santa Lucia form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Santa Lucia as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Santa Lucia have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Santa Lucia has scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.

A job perfectly done for Santa Lucia last season as they secured promotion from First Division. With a grand total of 13 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

M. Fontanella
18 goals
B. Kaljević
11 goals
M. Alba
10 goals

Valletta missing players

Santa Lucia missing players

Valletta Santa Lucia
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Valletta Last season Santa Lucia
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
27 14   Played   13 26
18 9   Won   7 13
5 3   Drew   5 9
4 2   Lost   1 4
63 32   Scored   35 68
20 10   Conceded   13 32
96% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 96%
78% 71%   Over 1.5   92% 88%
59% 50%   Over 2.5   77% 73%
33% 36%   Over 3.5   54% 58%
22% 29%   Over 4.5   31% 35%
37% 36%   BTTS   62% 65%
52% 57%   Clean Sheets   31% 23%
15% 7%   Failed To Score   8% 15%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners For (avg)   5.5 5.5
3 3.6   Corners Against (avg)   3 2.9
2.1 2   Yellow Cards (avg)   3.5 2.5
2 0   Red Cards   0 2
Key stats last season:
  • Santa Lucia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Lucia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Santa Lucia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Valletta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Valletta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Valletta
All Champions League Fa Trophy Europa League Premier League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-07-19 CL F91 Dudelange 2 - 2 Valletta
16-07-19 CL Valletta 1 - 1 F91 Dudelange
24-07-19 CL Ferencvaros 3 - 1 Valletta
30-07-19 CL Valletta 1 - 1 Ferencvaros
08-08-19 EL Astana 5 - 1 Valletta
15-08-19 EL Valletta 18:00 Astana
23-08-19 PL Valletta 18:45 Santa Lucia
29-08-19 PL Sliema Wanderers 18:30 Valletta
15-09-19 PL Valletta 18:00 Floriana
21-09-19 PL Balzan 18:00 Valletta
Santa Lucia
All Fa Trophy First Division Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-04-19 FD Vittoriosa Stars 1 - 3 Santa Lucia
14-04-19 FD Santa Lucia 3 - 1 Swieqi
20-04-19 FD Marsa 0 - 6 Santa Lucia
28-04-19 FD Santa Lucia 6 - 2 Lija Athletic
13-07-19 CF Floriana 1 - 2 Santa Lucia
23-08-19 PL Valletta 18:45 Santa Lucia
30-08-19 PL Santa Lucia 16:30 Gzira United
15-09-19 PL Gudja United 16:00 Santa Lucia
22-09-19 PL Santa Lucia 16:00 Tarxien Rainbows
28-09-19 PL Sirens 15:15 Santa Lucia

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sirens 26 18 5 3 60 19 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 8 3 2 36 12 41 59
2 Gudja United 26 15 7 4 44 28 13 6 5 2 17 13 13 9 2 2 27 15 16 52
3 Santa Lucia 26 13 9 4 68 32 13 6 4 3 33 19 13 7 5 1 35 13 36 48
4 Naxxar Lions 26 13 6 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 25 18 13 6 3 4 22 17 12 45
5 Pembroke Athleta 26 10 10 6 34 22 13 5 7 1 18 9 13 5 3 5 16 13 12 40
6 Zebbug Rangers 26 10 7 9 35 30 13 3 4 6 13 18 13 7 3 3 22 12 5 37
7 Lija Athletic 26 9 8 9 49 50 13 6 4 3 25 17 13 3 4 6 24 33 -1 35
8 Swieqi 26 10 4 12 38 39 13 4 4 5 17 23 13 6 0 7 21 16 -1 34
9 Zejtun Corinthians 26 8 8 10 35 32 13 4 2 7 20 22 13 4 6 3 15 10 3 32
10 Qrendi 26 10 2 14 41 50 13 6 1 6 22 26 13 4 1 8 19 24 -9 32
11 Mqabba 26 9 5 12 25 39 13 5 1 7 15 22 13 4 4 5 10 17 -14 32
12 Vittoriosa Stars 26 6 11 9 27 36 13 4 4 5 17 20 13 2 7 4 10 16 -9 29
13 San Gwann 26 7 2 17 30 52 13 3 1 9 15 25 13 4 1 8 15 27 -22 23
14 Marsa 26 1 2 23 17 86 13 1 1 11 7 43 13 0 1 12 10 43 -69 5
14 Marsa 17 1 2 14 12 52 9 1 1 7 5 26 8 0 1 7 7 26 -40 5
15 Racing Santander 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
16 Cultural Leonesa 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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