Match Report
10 points for Valletta (2nd), 11 for Marsaxlokk (1st): a 1-point gap. Per game in the league, Valletta were scoring 2.4 and conceding 1.2, Marsaxlokk 2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Valletta arrived on a run of four straight wins.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Valletta wins, 1 for Marsaxlokk, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
MFA Centenary Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. The referee was F. Zammit, with 62 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Marsaxlokk led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Valletta: Roko Prsa (85') · Marsaxlokk: Ulises Jesús Arias (11'), Ulises Jesús Arias (41')
Key stats
Possession: Valletta 56% · Marsaxlokk 44% · Total shots: 12-4 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 7-6