In a weekend match in week 17, on Sunday Jan 29th, Valletta plays host to Floriana 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 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 9th placed Valletta is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Pietà Hotspurs. Leonardi struck first for Pietà Hotspurs in the 22nd minute, but Paiber Brandon Diego got the equalizer for Valletta in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Valletta. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Valletta should be reasonably happy with their performance, while floriana sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Birkirkara. El Hasni struck first for Floriana in the 70th minute, then Lisandro Cabrera tied it up for Birkirkara in the 73rd minute But luckily in the 88th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Lecão. Floriana is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Sep 10th, Floriana was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Kemar Reid struck first for Floriana in the 86th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Valletta was frustrated by Floriana’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Floriana ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Andrei Cosmin Ciolacu and Matteja Veselji have been the hottest scorers for Floriana in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Valletta is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Kilian Bevis and Zammit each having 3 goals in their last 5.