Match Report
8 points and 8 places separated them: Hibernians 10th with 5, Valletta 2nd with 13. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Hibernians ran at 0.67 scored and 1.5 conceded, Valletta at 2.5 and 1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Hibernians wins, 1 for Valletta, 2 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings.
With 65 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, M. De Gabriele was the man in the middle. Gudja Ground staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,968. Valletta led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Valletta: Emmanuel Mbende (3'), Brandon Paiber (86')
Key stats
Possession: Hibernians 52% · Valletta 48% · Total shots: 9-10 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 8-3