Preview match

MATCH REPORT

Malta - Premier League - 03/02/24 10:15 - 19.Round

Stadium Infetti Ground
Capacity 2500
Surface grass
Referee Alex Johnson

1-1 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

1-1 [90‘]

13‘
Braunović
Cosmin Ciolacu
20‘
22‘
Rommens
43‘
0-1 Busuttil
0-1 HT
48‘
Busuttil
Zammit
48‘
50‘
Caruana
Cosmin Ciolacu [1-1]
57‘
60‘
Fenech Caruana
Zammit Satariano
62‘
72‘
Fenech
Mbong
74‘
75‘
Dimeji Awosanya Andrejić
75‘
Katanić Blackwood
81‘
Eui-Gwon Busuttil
Diakité
84‘
Sarpong Elouni
85‘
Cosmin Ciolacu Maxuell
86‘
Mbong James Agius
90‘+1
1-1 FT

Goals and Highlights

1-1

Match stats

CARDS 4 0

Ball possession
56%
44%

CARDS 5 0

Total shots
7
7
On goal
3
7
Corners
5
3
Dangerous attack
102
76
Attack
128
117
Saves
6
2

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds -137 225 333
Pre match odds -110 225 250
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-0.25 -149 102 +0.25
-0.75 117 -172 +0.75
+0 -238 157 -0
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 -161 125

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Birkirkara

Status: Confirmed lineup

Balzan

Missings

Bravo
CF 3
1
Bravo
616‘ 15 1+0
+8 Out of selection
Leonardo
CF
3
Leonardo
675‘ 9 4+0
Danilo Golović
GK 1
Golović
1260‘ 14 0+0
+5 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo
    GK 1
    Zapytowski
    2049‘ 23 0+0
  • no photo
    RM 1
    Peña
    1646‘ 20 0+0
    no photo
    CM 1
    Diakité
    1579‘ 21 1+0
    no photo
    DF
    Sarpong
    616‘ 10 0+0
    no photo
    LB 1
    1
    Zammit
    1862‘ 22 0+0
    no photo
    CB 1
    Pepe
    1614‘ 18 0+0
  • no photo
    CF
    Zammit
    682‘ 12 2+0
    no photo
    CF 1
    Mbong
    1634‘ 22 1+0
    no photo
    CF
    1
    Cosmin Ciolacu
    1339‘ 22 11+0
    no photo
    LM 2
    Micallef
    1055‘ 16 0+0
    no photo
    CM 1
    Zibo
    1762‘ 20 0+0
  • no photo
    Andrejić
    1274‘ 21 3+0
    no photo
    Blackwood
    694‘ 10 4+0
  • no photo
    CM 1
    Rommens
    990‘ 11 1+0
    no photo
    1
    Braunović
    1433‘ 19 0+0
    no photo
    1
    1
    Busuttil
    807‘ 10 2+0
    no photo
    1
    Michibuchi
    1522‘ 20 1+0
  • no photo
    1
    Božović
    1399‘ 18 0+0
    no photo
    1
    Arab
    1797‘ 22 0+0
    no photo
    1
    André
    1752‘ 20 0+0
    no photo
    1
    Caruana
    1244‘ 18 2+0
  • no photo
    2
    Briffa
    810‘ 9 0+0
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Coach: J. Borg
4-4-2
Coach O. Spiteri

Stats:

goals

Cosmin Ciolacu 11
Maxuell 5
Zammit 2
Mbong 1
Coppola 1
Bravo 1

goals

Blackwood 4
Leonardo 4
Katanić 3
Andrejić 3
Caruana 2
Busuttil 2

Yellow Cards

Mbong 7
Zibo 6
Zammit 6
Pepe 5
Micallef 5
Pajović 4

Yellow Cards

Božović 7
Arab 5
Fenech 4
André 4
Caruana 4
Michibuchi 4

Key Passes

Pepe 0
Fenech 0
Zammit 0
Zammit 0
Gambin 0
Sarpong 0

Key Passes

Grech 0
Andrejić 0
Rommens 0
Arab 0
André 0
Busuttil 0

Acc. Passes

Pepe 0%
Maxuell 0%
Bravo 0%
James Agius 0%
Zammit 0%
Elouni 0%

Acc. Passes

Grech 0%
Briffa 0%
Grech 0%
Blackwood 0%
Arab 0%
Caruana 0%

Total Shots

Pepe 0 (0)
Maxuell 0 (0)
Bravo 0 (0)
James Agius 0 (0)
Zammit 0 (0)
Elouni 0 (0)

Total Shots

Grech 0 (0)
Briffa 0 (0)
Grech 0 (0)
Blackwood 0 (0)
Arab 0 (0)
Caruana 0 (0)

BENCH

Maxuell
RW
Maxuell
1013‘ 23 5+0
Omar Elouni
CF 3
Elouni
210‘ 13 0+0
Manuel De Filippis
CF 3
De Filippis
7‘ 3 0+0
Matteo Gambin
MF
Gambin
115‘ 4 0+0
Alexander Satariano
CF 1
Satariano
1476‘ 22 0+0
Kaiden Fenech
MF
Fenech
26‘ 5 0+0
Alessandro Coppola
CB 1
Coppola
720‘ 9 1+0
Amara Sylla
GK 3
Sylla
21‘ 1 0+0
Nicholas James Agius
CF 3
James Agius
41‘ 8 0+0
Nikita Shchepetkin
DF
Shchepetkin
0‘ 0 0+0
Veljko Tasić
DF
Tasić
0‘ 0 0+0
Benjamin Hili
LM 3
Hili
396‘ 15 0+0
Paul Fenech
RM 2
Fenech
1070‘ 17 1+0
N. Žerjal
CB 2
Žerjal
1068‘ 18 0+0
Gianluca Cacciatore
MF
Cacciatore
0‘ 0 0+0
Jake Grech
LM 3
Grech
250‘ 4 0+0
Han Eui-Gwon
CF 3
Eui-Gwon
159‘ 9 0+0
Niklas Vella
GK 3
Vella
0‘ 0 0+0
Gareth Buttigieg
MF
Buttigieg
0‘ 0 0+0
Vladimir Celic
MF
Celic
0‘ 0 0+0
Aleksandar Katanić
CF 1
Katanić
1041‘ 21 3+0
Oluwatobiloba Dimeji Awosanya
CF 3
1
Dimeji Awosanya
636‘ 19 1+0
Goal fact

Birkirkara

  • Unbeaten in their past games at home

    Birkirkara are unbeaten in their past 5 league games at home against Balzan (3W,2D)

  • Unbeaten in their past away games

    Birkirkara are unbeaten in their past 5 away league games against Balzan (3W, 2D).

  • Unbeaten run (3) for Birkirkara

    Birkirkara are unbeaten in their last 3 Premier League games (2W, 1D). Players scored 4 goals and 1 conceded in that run.

  • Unwinning streak (3) matches at home

    Birkirkara have fail to win 3 matches in a row at home stadium. Last win was against Gzira United (3-2) on 16.12.23

Balzan

  • Unbeaten run (3) in last away games

    Balzan are unbeaten in their last 3 Premier League away games (1W, 2D). Players scored 5 goals and 3 conceded in that run.

  • First-choice goalkeeper Danilo Golović will miss

    Team is without first-choice goalkeeper Danilo Golović with 1260 minutes played. Reason: not available.

  • Bad results in last matches for Balzan

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach O. Spiteri as the form record is (0W, 3D, 2L) with their average of 2.2 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (6) matches

    Balzan have failed to win 6 matches in a row. Last win was against Mosta (0-2) on 7.1.24

  • Poor form in away games

    1 losses in 5 games. (1W, 3D, 1L) is the record in away games. With their average of 1.2 goals conceded per game.

Birkirkara

Summary

Balzan

H2H

3
1
2

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

3
2
1

FORM

1.33
0.67

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

1.17
1.5
Birkirkara

Team Strength

Balzan
79% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 70%
1 Changes (vs. last game) 1
0 Fresh important missings 1
0 Missings 2

Head to head

Birkirkara 59%
3wins
1 draws
2 wins
6 matches
41% Balzan
OVER 1.5
100% 6/6 times
OVER 2.5
100% 6/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
67% 4/6 times
CARDS
5.5 Ø
Corners
7.2 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
10/29/23 Premier League
Balzan Balzan
0-3
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-2 6 - 7 1- 3 38 - 51 3 - 4 1 (60%)
2 (47%)
210 220 110
04/21/23 Premier League
Balzan Balzan
2-1
Birkirkara Birkirkara
1-1 0 - 0 0- 0 56 - 56 1 - 5 4 (69%)
3 (77%)
- - -
02/15/23 Fa Trophy
Balzan Balzan
2-2
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-1 14 - 18 4- 6 76 - 84 6 - 12 5 (67%)
2 (73%)
220 210 105
12/10/22 Premier League
Birkirkara Birkirkara
2-1
Balzan Balzan
1-1 7 - 8 4- 3 54 - 53 4 - 2 3 (58%)
0 (61%)
-133 240 333
08/06/22 Club Friendlies 4
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-3
Balzan Balzan
0-2 - - - - 0 (0%)
11 (58%)
- - -
01/19/22 Premier League
Birkirkara Birkirkara
3-2
Balzan Balzan
0-2 15 - 14 9- 3 67 - 48 5 - 1 4 (52%)
2 (63%)
115 250 188
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Team form

1.33 1.83 (+38%) total
0.50 (+-25%) total 0.67
Balzan

Birkirkara Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 2.5
17% 1/6 times
OVER 3.5
0% 0/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
4.5 Ø
Corners
6.7 Ø
30.3 Fa Trophy
Birkirkara
10:00
Hamrun Spartans
14.3 Premier League
Birkirkara
13:00
Naxxar Lions
9.3 Premier League
Marsaxlokk
08:00
Birkirkara

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
24.2 Premier League
Mosta Mosta
0 - 2
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-2 7 - 5 1 - 3 63 - 55 4 - 2 0 (59%)
2 (71%)
260 240 -120
17.2 Premier League
Birkirkara Birkirkara
1 - 1
Hibernians Hibernians
0-0 7 - 6 4 - 2 64 - 60 3 - 2 2 (64%)
3 (65%)
115 220 200
9.2 Premier League
Valletta Valletta
0 - 1
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-0 2 - 8 0 - 3 58 - 82 2 - 3 4 (64%)
3 (65%)
175 210 138
6.2 Fa Trophy
Birkirkara Birkirkara
1 - 0
Sirens Sirens
0-0 22 - 6 6 - 0 79 - 50 9 - 4 2 (63%)
0 (45%)
-303 320 700
3.2 Premier League
Birkirkara Birkirkara
1 - 2
Floriana Floriana
0-1 5 - 3 2 - 2 58 - 84 2 - 0 3 (58%)
0 (75%)
220 260 -110
28.1 Premier League
Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers
0 - 0
Birkirkara Birkirkara
0-0 6 - 4 4 - 1 54 - 42 6 - 3 1 (74%)
3 (48%)
145 210 155
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Balzan Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 2.5
33% 2/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
50% 3/6 times
CARDS
3.7 Ø
Corners
9.7 Ø
6.4 Premier League
Sirens
08:00
Balzan
17.3 Premier League
Balzan
09:00
Gudja United
8.3 Premier League
Naxxar Lions
12:15
Balzan

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
24.2 Premier League
Balzan Balzan
0 - 0
Hibernians Hibernians
0-0 4 - 7 3 - 0 63 - 77 2 - 7 1 (57%)
0 (56%)
210 230 110
18.2 Premier League
Floriana Floriana
2 - 2
Balzan Balzan
2-1 21 - 9 6 - 2 83 - 39 8 - 3 2 (80%)
2 (46%)
-278 300 650
10.2 Premier League
Balzan Balzan
0 - 1
Santa Lucia Santa Lucia
0-0 6 - 3 1 - 1 64 - 37 8 - 2 5 (54%)
2 (63%)
-149 240 350
7.2 Fa Trophy
Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers
1 - 0
Balzan Balzan
0-0 20 - 13 7 - 3 119 - 73 9 - 4 1 (67%)
7 (57%)
-137 240 320
4.2 Premier League
Gzira United Gzira United
1 - 1
Balzan Balzan
1-0 15 - 6 6 - 4 66 - 45 5 - 2 2 (70%)
1 (55%)
100 240 200
27.1 Premier League
Balzan Balzan
1 - 7
Hamrun Spartans Hamrun Spartans
1-2 6 - 16 1 - 10 57 - 62 3 - 5 2 (51%)
1 (73%)
550 300 -227
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Hamrun Spartans 24 18 4 2 55:15 58
2.13 46% 2.3 4.9 79% 58% 2.92
2. Floriana 24 18 3 3 52:11 57
2.38 25% 2.3 6.2 83% 46% 2.63
3. Sliema Wanderers 24 12 8 4 25:12 44
1.63 25% 2.7 3.9 46% 17% 1.54
4. Marsaxlokk 24 11 7 6 38:22 40
1.75 54% 2.3 3.5 71% 46% 2.50
5. Hibernians 24 9 7 8 28:25 34
1.25 38% 2.2 4.6 71% 38% 2.21
6. Birkirkara 24 9 7 8 24:23 34
1.25 33% 2.6 4.9 75% 25% 1.96
7. Naxxar Lions 24 8 8 8 28:33 32
1.38 50% 2.1 3.5 75% 46% 2.54
8. Gzira United 24 8 6 10 34:30 30
1.50 50% 2.4 4.6 71% 46% 2.67
9. Balzan 24 7 9 8 25:28 30
1.38 38% 2.1 3.8 63% 33% 2.21
10. Mosta 24 6 9 9 17:32 27
1.25 33% 2.5 4.3 67% 38% 2.04
11. Santa Lucia 24 7 5 12 21:38 26
1.38 38% 2.5 4.5 70% 44% 2.46
12. Valletta 24 5 9 10 21:25 24
0.75 42% 2.1 4.4 71% 21% 1.92
13. Sirens 24 3 6 15 15:45 15
0.88 46% 2.0 3.6 83% 54% 2.50
14. Gudja United 24 0 6 18 12:56 6
0.00 42% 2.2 2.6 83% 54% 2.83

Cup situation

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Quarter-finals
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