Match Report
The table read 3rd (Melita, 18 pts) against 4th (Naxxar Lions, 20 pts), 2 points apart. The last five rounds placed Melita no better than 46th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 2.21 goals per team per game, Melita ran at 4 scored and 5.2 conceded, Naxxar Lions at 3.4 and 5.4.
Melita had gone 10 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Melita 1/15, Naxxar Lions 10/15.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Melita 1, draws 1, Naxxar Lions 4, at 3.83 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings.
On the scoreboard, Naxxar Lions led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.