2026/04/14 16:00

1:0

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Match Preview: Sliema Wanderers vs Birkirkara (Data-Driven Analysis)

Match Background: Sliema Wanderers (3rd place) host Birkirkara (1st place) in an early-season Maltese Premier League clash

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Match overview

Matches played

Table position

Home/away W

Home/away D

Home/away L

1.54

PPG

1.14

Last 6 PPG

1.53

Home/away PPG

0.69

2.14

xG overall

2.07

2.23

Home/away xG overall

2.06

1.17

xG for per game

0.96

0.97

xG against per game

1.11

1.25

Home/away xG for per game

1.00

0.98

Home/away xG against per game

1.06

Last X

Home wins

(27%)

Draws

(28%)

Away wins

(45%)

2026/02/17

1:1

2025/11/23

2:1

2025/09/16

2:2

2025/05/04

0:1

2025/04/13

0:1

2025/03/30

2:1

League table

Bottom 6

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ
1	Tarxien Rainbows	5	2	3	0	10	8	-26	9	1.67^0.98	0.51	30.17^-20.17	36.71^28.71
2	Birkirkara	5	1	3	1	2	2	-7	6	1.17^0.08	0.47	27.54^-25.54	30.35^28.35
3	Sliema Wanderers	5	1	3	1	6	6	1	6	1.50^0.00	0.43	35.85^-29.85	31.37^25.37
4	Mosta	5	1	3	1	7	8	-24	6	1.50^0.69	0.50	29.30^-22.30	42.29^34.29
5	Zabbar St. Patrick	5	1	2	2	8	7	-3	5	1.00^0.03	0.48	33.73^-25.73	35.93^28.93
6	Hibernians	5	1	2	2	5	7	-4	5	0.83^-0.39	0.46	34.71^-29.71	36.29^29.29
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ

Top 6

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ
1	Floriana	5	4	0	1	8	5	24	12	2.17^-0.02	0.71	34.01^-26.01	34.76^29.76
2	Marsaxlokk	4	3	0	1	7	6	6	9	1.83^0.12	0.75	36.17^-29.17	32.74^26.74
3	Hamrun Spartans	4	2	0	2	9	5	31	6	1.50^-0.50	0.73	38.29^-29.29	20.90^15.90
4	Gzira United	5	1	1	3	3	5	-5	4	0.67^-0.67	0.79	32.68^-29.68	38.62^33.62
5	Valletta	4	1	1	2	3	5	17	4	1.00^-0.61	0.76	36.43^-33.43	30.65^25.65
6	Naxxar Lions	4	0	2	2	1	5	-10	2	1.33^0.20	0.80	34.51^-33.51	32.79^27.79
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ

Team stats


	(Avg)
15	Played	16
1.07	Avg goals for/against	0.75
1.07	Avg goals against/for	1.56
2.13	Avg total goals (GF+GA) (2.22)	2.31
73%	Scoring rate	63%
67%	Conceding rate	44%
33%	Clean sheet/Failed to score	38%
27%	Failed to score/Clean sheet	56%
13%	Scored in both halves (16.0%)	19%
60%	Scored first	25%
40%	Leading/Losing at half-time (32.5%)	25%
13%	Losing/Leading at half-time (22.0%)	31%
5.27	Avg corners for/against	3.86
3	Avg corners against/for	4.21
8.27	Avg total corners (F+A) (8.17)	8.07
4.73	Avg total cards (F+A) (4.87)	5
93%	GF+GA over 0.5 (84.0%)	75%
67%	GF+GA over 1.5 (71.0%)	75%
33%	GF+GA over 2.5 (38.5%)	44%
20%	GF+GA over 3.5 (19.5%)	19%
0%	GF+GA over 4.5 (3.0%)	6%
0%	GF+GA over 5.5 (3.0%)	6%
47%	Both teams scored (39.0%)	31%
67%	GF+GA over 0.5 at HT (68.0%)	69%
33%	GF+GA over 1.5 at HT (35.5%)	38%
13%	GF+GA over 2.5 at HT (9.5%)	6%
60%	Over 7.5 total corners (65.5%)	71%
47%	Over 8.5 total corners (48.5%)	50%
40%	Over 9.5 total corners (30.5%)	21%
33%	Over 10.5 total corners (23.5%)	14%
20%	Over 11.5 total corners (13.5%)	7%
13%	Over 12.5 total corners (10.0%)	7%
7%	Over 13.5 total corners (3.5%)	0%

Streaks


Home (Overall)		Away (Overall)
0 (0)	Consecutive wins	0 (1)
1 (1)	Consecutive draws	0 (0)
0 (0)	Consecutive defeats	1 (0)
1 (1)	No win	9 (0)
0 (0)	No draw	1 (1)
2 (2)	No defeat	0 (2)
4(7)	1 goal scored or more	0(1)
0(3)	1 goal conceded or more	0(1)
0(0)	No goal scored	7(0)
1(0)	No goal conceded	2(0)
0(1)	Match total goals over 2.5	0(0)
2(0)	Match total goals under 2.5	3(5)
0(0)	2 goals scored or more	0(0)
0(1)	2 goals conceded or more	0(0)

Opening goals



9/15 (60%)	Scored first, home/away	4/16 (25%)
14/28 (50%)	Scored first, overall	11/28 (39%)

Timeline analysis

min

Data source32 matches80 goals

Overall

Goals before

100%

Goals after

Avg goals before

Exp goals after

Goals before

100%

Goals after

Avg goals before

2.5

Exp goals after

Goals before

100%

Goals after

Avg goals before

1.5

Exp goals after