The visiting Sliema Wanderers side should be favourites in this visit to Valletta, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
- Valletta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Valletta have less rest than Sliema Wanderers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gzira United.
Valletta form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Valletta are 4-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for Valletta's attacking players as they have now played 227 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Alba was their last goal scorer.
Ahead of that match, Valletta lost 0-3 at home to Hamrun Spartans.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Valletta, as the Premier League home game vs Hibernians is only four days away.
The Valletta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valletta defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sliema Wanderers form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Premier League.
It's the second away game in a row for Wanderers, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Santa Lucia (placed 7th) in the Premier League last time out. A 1-3 loss hosting Sirens before that.
Sliema Wanderers made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, J. Mintoff receiving a red card in the 80th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Sliema Wanderers won the match 1-0!
After this away game Wanderers return home for a Premier League game against Senglea Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Sliema Wanderers's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Wanderers as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Valletta won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Sliema Wanderers has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Farrugia 12 goals |  G. Da Silva Ribeiro 4 goals | J. Cisotti 4 goals |
Valletta missing players
Sliema Wanderers missing players
| Valletta | Sliema Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 24 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 76% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 65% |
| 25% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 65% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 24% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11.6 | 10.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 27% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | 36% |
- 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Hibernians | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 4 | Birkirkara | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Sliema Wanderers | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Mosta | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Santa Lucia | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sirens | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Gudja United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Zejtun Corinthians | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Valletta | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Balzan | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Floriana | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 14 | Tarxien Rainbows | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
| 15 | Lija Athletic | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 9 |
| 16 | Senglea Athletic | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | -35 | 2 |