Hamrun Spartans — Birkirkara 2:0: match report and statistics
Malta. Premier League (First stage) · 01.11.2025 18:00 · Finished
Compare teamsSlobodan Petrovic (Malta)
Who will win?
Votes: 0- Hamrun Spartans0%
- Draw0%
- Birkirkara0%
Overview
Hamrun Spartans vs Birkirkara ended 2:0 on 01.11.2025 18:00 (UTC) in Malta. Premier League (First stage). The win went to Hamrun Spartans. Goals: Marcelina Emerson 12', Semir Smajlagic 24'.
Hamrun Spartans, last 6 games: won 2, drawn 1, lost 3. Birkirkara, last 6 games: won 2, drawn 1, lost 3.
All meetings of Hamrun Spartans and Birkirkara: 20 (wins of Hamrun Spartans: 1, wins of Birkirkara: 4, draws: 1). The last meeting on 10.05.2025 16:00 ended Hamrun Spartans 1:0 Birkirkara.
Hamrun Spartans in the standings: place 2, points 22, played 11. Birkirkara in the standings: place 6, points 16, played 11.
More on the site: Hamrun Spartans results and fixtures, Birkirkara results and fixtures, Malta. Premier League (First stage) table.
Other games: Football results and fixtures. Scores and statistics come from a live 3D match tracker.
Score by periods
| Team | 1 | 2 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hamrun Spartans | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Birkirkara | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Match events
1st half2 : 0
Match statistics
- 55% Possession 45%
- 5 Total shots 7
- 2 Shots on target 5
- 7 Corners 4
- 5 Yellow cards 2
- 1 Red cards 0
- 3 Shots off target 2
Lineups
Starting line-up
- 1
Henry BonelloCGK - 2
Rafael Compri62' - 8
Matias Garcia20' - 9
Serigne Thioune - 13
Vincenzo Polito - 14
Semir Smajlagic24'46' - 24
Ante Coric70' - 27
Ognjen Bjelicic45'70' - 47
Mouad El Fanis82' - 91
Marcelina Emerson12' - 94
Ryan Camenzuli
Substitutes
- 3
Nikolai Micallef - 5
Sven Xerri62' - 6
Daniel Letherby - 7
Shaisen Attard - 10
Joseph Mbong46' - 12
Miguel CamilleriGK - 16
Scott Camilleri - 20
Jovan Cadjenovic70' - 33
Domantas Simkus70' - 55
Kian Vella - 77
Merlin Hadzi82'
Coach
Giacomo Modica
Starting line-up
- 1
Marc Martinez ArandaGK - 3
Manuel Joaquin Morello - 4
Luis Cordova - 9
Kemar Reid - 10
Shaun Dimech30' - 11
Kurt Zammit19'90+3' - 21
Asumah Abubakar90' - 24
Leandro LacunzaC49' - 29
Marcos Maydana14'55' - 59
Donovan Makoma - 77
Lucas Ribeiro de Oliveira68'
Substitutes
- 2
Francisco Lopez Garrone - 5
Stefan Milic - 8
Liam Delicata - 14Dwayne Pullicino
- 15Kerson Fenech
- 17
Kaiden Fenech55' - 19
Matthew GrechGK - 22
Jan Busuttil68' - 25
Neil Micallef - 30
Nathan Cross90' - 33Bradley MicallefGK
Coach
Gianluca Festa
Lead tracker
Hamrun Spartans +2Biggest lead+0 Birkirkara
12
Head-to-head
Hamrun Spartans?D
Matches played: 20
draws: 1
1 / 20
Wins
4 / 203 / 11
Goals
8 / 1117 / 31
Yellow cards
14 / 310 / 0
Red cards
0 / 0
Birkirkara?D
Matches
Previous matches: Hamrun Spartans
Previous matches: Birkirkara
Match info
- Tournament
- Malta. Premier League
- Season
- 2025/2026
- Referee
- Slobodan Petrovic
Upcoming matches: Hamrun Spartans
Upcoming matches: Birkirkara
Malta. Premier League (First stage)
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Floriana | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17:11 | +6 | 23 | DWWWW |
| 2 | Hamrun Spartans | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15:6 | +9 | 22 | WLWWD |
| 3 |  Valletta | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16:8 | +8 | 22 | LDWWW |
| 4 |  Sliema Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16:14 | +2 | 19 | DWDWL |
| 5 |  Marsaxlokk | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14:11 | +3 | 18 | DWDWD |
| 6 | Birkirkara | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12:8 | +4 | 16 | LWWDW |
| 7 |  Hibernians | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20:18 | +2 | 15 | DLLLL |
| 8 |  Gzira United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14:18 | -4 | 13 | WDWWL |
| 9 |  Mosta | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13:19 | -6 | 11 | WLLLL |
| 10 |  Zabbar Saint Patrick | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11:14 | -3 | 10 | WLLWL |
| 11 |  Naxxar Lions | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10:18 | -8 | 5 | LLWLL |
| 12 |  Tarxien Rainbows | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8:21 | -13 | 5 | LLLLL |
- Promotion - Premier League (First stage - Top 6)
- Premier League (First stage - Play Out)
Match forecast
Quick readEven matchOver 2.5 28%Both teams to score 36%Goal peak 16-30
36%Win · Hamrun Spartans2.77
32%Draw3.08
31%Win · Birkirkara3.18
1.84Expected goals
8.8Expected corners
4.7Expected cards
- The model expects 1.84 goals: 0.96 for Hamrun Spartans and 0.88 for Birkirkara.
- Most likely score is 0–0 (16%), followed by 1–0 (15%).
- Corners: about 8.8 (5.5 — 3.2).
- Most goals in both teams' matches come in 16-30: 4 in total.
- Expected goals by half: 1st — 0.96, 2nd — 0.88.
Correct score by the model
0–016%1–015.3%0–114%1–113.4%2–07.4%2–16.4%0–26.1%1–25.9%2–22.8%
Scores 4+ goals: Hamrun Spartans — 2%, Birkirkara — 1%
| Market | history | history | Model | Fair odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 75% | 67% | 84% | 1.19 |
| Over 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 55% | 1.83 |
| Over 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 28% | 3.59 |
| Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 11% | 8.74 |
| Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% | 25.65 |
Poisson model on recent matches: home team at home (4), away team away (6). History — share of each team's matches where the line came in.
Trends
- Under 2.5 in 8 matches in a row100%
- Unbeaten in 6 matches100%
- 5 clean sheets in a row100%
- Under 2.5 goals in 8 of 8 matches100%
- Scored under 2.5 in 8 of 8 matches100%
- Scored under 2.5 in 8 of 9 matches89%
- Unbeaten in 8 of 9 matches89%
- Under 9.5 corners in 8 of 9 matches89%
- Conceded under 1.5 in 7 of 8 matches88%
- Unbeaten in 7 of 8 matches88%
- Scored first in 5 of 6 matches83%
- Under 3.5 goals in 7 of 9 matches78%
Based on recent matches: home team — 8, away team — 9
Markets by recent matches
Hamrun Spartansmatches: 4 · 6Birkirkara
matches: 4 · 6Birkirkara1.5Avg match total2.17
75%3/4Over 0.567%4/6
25%1/4Under 0.533%2/6
75%3/4Over 1.567%4/6
25%1/4Under 1.533%2/6
0%0/4Over 2.550%3/6
100%4/4Under 2.550%3/6
0%0/4Over 3.533%2/6
100%4/4Under 3.567%4/6
0%0/4Over 4.50%0/6
100%4/4Under 4.5100%6/6
Share of each team's recent matches where the match total went over / under the line.
First goal and after
First to score…
Hamrun SpartansBirkirkara
Birkirkara67%2/3Scores first75%3/4
100%2/2…and wins67%2/3
0%0/2…and draws0%0/3
0%0/2…and loses33%1/3
0%0/2…and then concedes33%1/3
First to concede…
33%1/3Concedes first25%1/4
100%1/1…and then scores100%1/1
0%0/1…and comes back to win0%0/1
100%1/1…and saves a draw100%1/1
Overall
25%1/4Scores in both halves50%3/6
75%3/4Scores at all67%4/6
- • Hamrun Spartans opened the scoring in 67% of matches.
- • Hamrun Spartans avoided defeat after conceding first in 100% of such matches.
- • Birkirkara opened the scoring in 75% of matches.
- • Birkirkara avoided defeat after conceding first in 100% of such matches.
Goals by time
matches: 4 · 6
| Hamrun Spartans | Birkirkara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | Ag. | % | Period | % | For | Ag. |
| 1 | 1 | 50% | 1–15 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0% | 16–30 | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 25% | 31–45 | 50% | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 50% | 46–60 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0% | 61–75 | 33% | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 25% | 76–90 | 50% | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0% | 37–HT | 33% | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0% | 87–FT | 33% | 1 | 1 |
- • Hamrun Spartans scores most in 46–60: 2 of 5 goals (40%).
- • Hamrun Spartans concedes most in 1–15: 1 of 1 conceded.
- • Hamrun Spartans scores 20% of goals after the 60th minute.
- • Birkirkara scores most in 31–45: 3 of 9 goals (33%).
- • Birkirkara concedes most in 16–30: 2 of 4 conceded.
- • Birkirkara scores 44% of goals after the 60th minute.
- Framed — the period where the team scores / concedes the most. % — share of matches with an event in the period.
Corners and cards
Averages per match
Hamrun SpartansBirkirkara
Birkirkara7.8Corners won, avg3.7
2.75Corners conceded, avg3.3
10.5Match corners, avg7.0
6.0Corners in 1st half, avg2.5
Match total
75%3/4Over 7.533%2/6
75%3/4Over 8.533%2/6
50%2/4Over 9.517%1/6
50%2/4Over 10.517%1/6
50%2/4Over 11.50%0/6
1st half total
100%4/4Over 2.5100%6/6
75%3/4Over 3.550%3/6
75%3/4Over 4.550%3/6
50%2/4Over 5.50%0/6
Team total
75%3/4Team over 2.5 corners67%4/6
75%3/4Team over 3.5 corners50%3/6
75%3/4Team over 4.5 corners50%3/6
75%3/4Team over 5.5 corners17%1/6
75%3/4Team over 6.5 corners0%0/6
Corner handicap
75%3/4Handicap -2.533%2/6
75%3/4Handicap -1.533%2/6
75%3/4Handicap -0.533%2/6
75%3/4Handicap +0.550%3/6
75%3/4Handicap +1.567%4/6
100%4/4Handicap +2.5100%6/6
Corners by minute are counted only for matches with full text commentary.
xG and shots
Hamrun Spartansper matchBirkirkara
per matchBirkirkara10.3Shots5.5
3.8Shots against4.5
4.0Shots on target3.0
1.0On target against1.33
12%Conversion27%
8.2Shots per goal3.7
Half-time / full-time
Row — after the 1st half, column — final result
Hamrun Spartansmatches: 4
Full-time: WFull-time: DFull-time: LHalf-time: W1led and won0led, drew0led, lostHalf-time: D1level → won2draw0level → lostHalf-time: L0comeback win0trailed → drew0trailed and lost
Frequent scores (own : opponent)2:0 ×20:0 ×11:1 ×1
Birkirkaramatches: 6
Full-time: WFull-time: DFull-time: LHalf-time: W2led and won0led, drew1led, lostHalf-time: D0level → won2draw0level → lostHalf-time: L0comeback win1trailed → drew0trailed and lost
Frequent scores (own : opponent)0:0 ×24:0 ×12:0 ×12:2 ×11:2 ×1
From the team's point of view: W — winning, D — draw, L — losing.
Markets in head-to-head
50%Over 1.53 of 6
17%Over 2.51 of 6
17%Over 3.51 of 6
17%Both teams to score1 of 6
67%Hamrun Spartans wins4 of 6
17%Birkirkara wins1 of 6
17%Draw1 of 6
Head-to-head matches: 6 · 1.83 goals per match on average.