Week 2 brings us a match on Apr 9th, where Mosta plays host to Balzan in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Mosta is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sliema Wanderers. Piciollo scored the first goal for Sliema Wanderers in the 57th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Mosta couldn’t muster any offence and Sliema Wanderers ran away with the shutout win. Mosta is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while balzan sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Santa Lucia. Victor Luiz Prestes Filho scored the first goal for Santa Lucia in the 30th minute, then Gianmarco Conti added another in the 49th minute In the end, Balzan was frustrated by Santa Lucia’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santa Lucia ended the match with the shutout victory. Balzan looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of January, Balzan hosted Mosta at the Victor Tedesco Stadium in their last match together. Mosta took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Bojan Kaljević scored the first goal for Balzan in the 8th minute, but Failla got the equalizer for Mosta in the 18th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by Will Donkin to cap off a wild match.
Balzan hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Uros Ljubomirac and Aleksa Andrejić, and they each have 1 goal. Mosta’s top weapon lately has been Sunday Akinbule, who has two goals in the last five matches.