Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Naxxar Lions 1st with 10, Hibernians 3rd with 8. Naxxar Lions ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Naxxar Lions were scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.4, Hibernians 1.8 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Hibernians's winless run stood at 6. Over the last five, Naxxar Lions had taken 8 of 15 points to Hibernians's 1.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Naxxar Lions 2, draws 3, Hibernians 4, at 2.11 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 22% of the meetings.
The match was played at MFA Centenary Stadium (capacity 2,000). Naxxar Lions led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Naxxar Lions: Louis Pahama (14'), Vinicius Baiano (67') · Hibernians: Kurt Shaw (70')
Key stats
Possession: Naxxar Lions 46% · Hibernians 54% · Total shots: 8-6 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 2-9