Birkirkara vs Valletta Result, Stats, Lineups &amp; H2H

Goals

7.5

90'+4Yellow Card

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Birkirkara

84'Yellow Card

Fernandinho

Birkirkara

83'Yellow Card

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Birkirkara

82'Substitution

Matthias Ellul· In

Manuel Morello· Out

Valletta

82'Substitution

Alex Tanque· In

Bruno Gomes· Out

Valletta

79'Yellow Card

Manuel Morello

Valletta

79'Yellow Card

Manuel Morello

Valletta

Goal!

0-2

74'·Valletta

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72'Substitution

Louis Pahama· In

Amarildo· Out

Birkirkara

67'Substitution

Keyon Ewurum Kelechi· In

Andrea Zammit· Out

Valletta

67'Substitution

Jefferson Vinicius· In

Alejandro Garzia· Out

Birkirkara

66'Yellow Card

Valletta

58'Substitution

Petar Sekulovic· In

Roko Prsa· Out

Valletta

54'Yellow Card

Emmanuel Mbende

Valletta

46'Substitution

Fernandinho· In

Jan Busuttil· Out

Birkirkara

46'Substitution

Kemar Reid· In

Rafa Santos· Out

Birkirkara

46'Substitution

Jake Vassallo· In

Kadu· Out

Birkirkara

45'+3Yellow Card

Brandon Paiber

Valletta

Goal!

0-1

Andrea Zammit

43'·Valletta

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Statistics of the Game

Birkirkara

Valletta

54%Ball Possession46%

13Shots Total8

3Shots On Target3

9Corners3

12Fouls11

4Yellow Cards5

1Offsides0

1Saves3

10Shots Off Target5

90Attacks80

58Dangerous Attacks41

0Goals2

5Substitutions4

0Injuries1

Franklin Olanitori Sasere

Manager: Paul Zammit

Starting XI

6.6

6.9

6.6

6.4

Kadu

6.1

Shaft Brewer

6.5

Pablo Gabriel

7.5

Rafa Santos

6.7

Jan Busuttil

6.4

Amarildo

6.1

6.5

Substitutes

Iker Felice

Kemar Reid

6.6

Kieran Sammut

Jefferson Vinicius

6.1

Kerson Fenech

Louis Pahama

6.6

Jansen Zahra

Daesin El Hazawi

Bautista Gill

Jake Vassallo

6.7

Fernandinho

6.7

Manager: Thane Micallef

Starting XI

7.1

6.8

6.8

6.7

Manuel Morello

6.7

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.4

7.2

Substitutes

Matthias Ellul

6.3

Sky Chetcuti

Liam Frendo

Mattiaz Ancilleri

Yannick Yankam

7.5

Alex Tanque

6.5

Neil Anthony Micallef

Thaylor

Keyon Ewurum Kelechi

6.5

Zaiden Formosa

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Pablo Gabriel MF	7.5	90'	1/5	47	-	5/9
Alejandro Garzia DF	6.9	67'	0/1	19	-	5/5
Jake Vassallo MF	6.7	44'	-	33	-	4/8
Fernandinho MF	6.7	44'	-	24	-	3/6
Rafa Santos MF	6.7	46'	1/1	19	-	3/6
Zach Muscat DF	6.6	90'	0/1	49	1	6/9
Louis Pahama FW	6.6	18'	0/1	6	-	0/1
Kemar Reid FW	6.6	44'	-	16	-	4/12
Fabrice Ondoa GK	6.6	90'	-	23	-	1/1
Shaft Brewer DF	6.5	90'	0/1	42	-	4/6
Franklin Olanitori Sasere FW	6.5	90'	0/1	10	-	7/16
Jan Busuttil MF	6.4	46'	0/1	12	-	3/3
Frazan DF	6.4	90'	-	40	-	4/10
Amarildo FW	6.1	72'	0/3	21	-	2/7
Jefferson Vinicius DF	6.1	23'	-	17	-	3/7
Kadu DF	6.1	46'	-	23	-	1/6

Birkirkara vs Valletta H2H, Form & Key Stats

Valletta moved from 2nd to 1st in the Premier League (Malta) table with this result.(Into first place. Before kickoff: 2nd, 13 points from 6 matches. After: 1st, 16 points from 7 matches; 12 teams.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Birkirkara	15	W1	2	0	3	0	7/15	5-4
Valletta	15	W1	4	0	9	0	10/15	10-4

Birkirkara — last 5 games

W1-0 vs Hamrun Spartans2026-08-22
L0-1 @ Mosta2026-08-30
L1-2 @ Sliema Wanderers2026-09-06
D1-1 vs Hibernians2026-09-12
W2-0 @ St. Patrick2026-09-18

Valletta — last 5 games

L1-2 vs Marsaxlokk2026-08-28
W2-0 @ Hibernians2026-09-02
W2-0 @ Floriana2026-09-07
D2-2 vs Balzan2026-09-13
W3-0 @ Birzebbuga2026-09-19

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Birkirkara	15	1.8	53%	33%	13%	33%	47%	40%
Valletta	15	2.73	93%	60%	13%	53%	33%	20%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Birkirkara	Home	7	4	3	0	12-5	2.14	43%	43%
Valletta	Away	7	5	1	1	13-4	2.29	43%	57%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Birkirkara	15	5-6	10-6	67%	53%	3-7-5
Valletta	15	6-9	20-6	77%	60%	4-6-5

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 8
Period covered: 2022-03-12 – 2026-02-08
Birkirkara wins: 4
Draws: 3
Valletta wins: 1
Avg goals per meeting: 1.88
Over 2.5 goals: 25%
Both teams scored: 38%
Home side won: 50%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 1D 1L (Birkirkara view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.6 vs 1.88

Most recent meetings (5 of 8)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-02-08	Birkirkara	1-0	Valletta
2026-01-07	Valletta	2-0	Birkirkara
2025-08-16	Valletta	0-0	Birkirkara
2025-03-05	Birkirkara	3-1	Valletta
2024-02-09	Valletta	0-1	Birkirkara

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 36 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Birkirkara	5	6	10	5	WLLDW	8	-3
Valletta	2	6	13	9	WLWDW	1	+1

Table context

Points gap: 3 ptsBirkirkara 10 · Valletta 13
Positions: #5 vs #2
Goals per game: 1.5/0.67 vs 2.5/1scored/conceded per game · league average 1.38

How we calculate this

Premier League Standings

Premier League · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	VallettaA	10	7	1	2	+13	22	WWWWL
2	Sliema Wanderers	11	5	3	3	+1	18	DLWWD
3	Hamrun Spartans	11	4	5	2	+4	17	DDDWD
4	Marsaxlokk	10	5	2	3	+2	17	LWWLL
5	Floriana	10	4	4	2	+8	16	WDDDL
6	Hibernians	11	4	4	3	-2	16	DWWDW
7	BirkirkaraH	11	4	3	4	+3	15	LLDWD
8	St. Patrick	11	4	2	5	+1	14	LWLWW
9	Mosta	11	3	5	3	-5	14	DDLDL
10	Balzan	11	2	5	4	-1	11	DLDLL
11	Birzebbuga	11	1	3	7	-12	6	DLWDD
12	Gzira United	10	0	5	5	-12	5	DDDLD

Statistical Comparison

Premier League

Birkirkara11 matches

All Birkirkara fixtures & results

10 matches

#7Position#1

15Points22

4Wins7

3Draws1

4Losses2

14Goals22

1.27Goals per game2.20

11Goals conceded9

1.00Goals per game conceded0.90

Birkirkara vs Valletta — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (11 vs 10 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityBirkirkara 28% · X · Draw 27% · Valletta 45%

1 · Home Win

28%

X · Draw

27%

2 · Away Win

45%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.09 vs 1.45

Projected Total: 2.54

Over 1.5 Goals

72%

Over 2.5 Goals

47%

Over 3.5 Goals

25%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

51%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

23% / 34%

Birkirkara / Valletta

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.5%)0 - 1(11.4%)1 - 2(9.1%)

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Last 8 matches

Won 50%

(4/8)

Draw 38%

(3/8)

Won 13%

(1/8)

Goals

10-5

Total matches

Recent matches (5/8)

Premier League•Feb 8, 2026

1-0

Premier League•Jan 7, 2026

2-0

Premier League•Aug 16, 2025

0-0

Fa Trophy•Mar 5, 2025

3-1

Premier League•Feb 9, 2024

0-1

Feb 8, 2026 • Premier League

Birkirkara vs Valletta — Head to Head

Last 8 matches

Birkirkara wins

Draws

Valletta wins

Goals Scored

10 - 5

1-0

Jan 7, 2026 • Premier League

2-0

Aug 16, 2025 • Premier League

0-0