On the 12th of December, Mosta will travel to Birkirkara to battle Birkirkara in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Birkirkara is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Valletta. Neither Valletta nor Birkirkara could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Birkirkara is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 11th placed Mosta, recorded a 0-3 loss against Gudja United. Mensah struck first for Gudja United in the 1st minute, then Tensior Gusman added another in the 34th minute In the end, Mosta couldn’t muster any offence and Gudja United ran away with the shutout win. Mosta looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Birkirkara and Mosta last played eachother at the Charles Abela Memorial Stadium on Sat Aug 14th. Birkirkara won by a score of 3 to 0. Perdigão struck first for Birkirkara in the 52nd minute, then Leandro Aguirre added another in the 90th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mosta couldn’t manage to score, and Birkirkara took the shutout win.
Both Morisco da Silva and Sunday Akinbule have been the hottest scorers for Mosta in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.