Valletta vs Santa Lucia Prediction: Santa Lucia Are Expected To End Goal Drought

Valletta pulls strength as they are pitched against Santa Lucia for Matchday 8 of Malta’s most prestigious league competition. The two sides lost points in the previous league outings with Valletta taking a stalemate and Santa Lucia taking a beating. Five previous clashes between the sides resulted in three Valletta wins and two wins for Santa Lucia. Santa Lucia has yet to score in five recent games. Will they get a chance away from home to finally get their names on the score sheet?

Valletta (9th)

Recent Form: D-L-W-D-D

Valletta continues the struggle at home, as they pitch up against the Lucian Saints, who are heavily tagged as the underdogs in this game. With three stalemates and an intermittent lose-win situation in five recent games, the side finds themselves slightly tipped as the better side by the odds. In five games, they have conceded four times, and with Santa Lucia currently passing through a goal drought, Valletta is sure to deliver a win - or a stalemate as the worst result.

Santa Lucia (13th)

Recent Form: L-D-D-L-L

Santa Lucia has two points from the last five games - with three losses and two stalemates from the last five league games. Faced with a valid threat of settling for relegation, the side is desperate to salvage points from Valletta’s home grounds in an effort to put an end to the steak of inconsistencies. They take confidence from the euphoric victory relished from the away victory sustained from Valletta’s home the last time the two sides clashed horns.

H2H ANALYSIS

• While Santa Lucia has two wins over Valletta in the last five games, Valletta has three wins.
• The sides have taken three episodes of less than three goals between the sides.
• Five of Santa Lucia’s previous meetings with Valletta resulted in two cases of BTTS.
• No stalemates between the sides in five recent meetings between the sides have been recorded.

VALLETTA VS SANTA LUCIA

Expert Betting Tips

Although both sides have had their fair share of matches and victories in recent times, a perceived certainty remains that there may be goals before halftime.

• In the last three direct clashes, one only side scored goals, so we do not tip this contest as a goal fest. Bet on B T T S - NO at odds of 1.82 from Betway.
• Valletta is expected to win this game and is predicted to begin scoring from the first forty-five minutes. Bet on Valletta keeping the win at 1.59 odds from 1xbet.
• Few goals would be recorded in this contest. Bet on Under 2.5 Match Goals at odds of 1.95 from Bet365.

Good Luck!