Valletta FC vs Bala Town FC, Europe 2019-20 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
Valletta FC vs Bala Town FC — Europe at MFA Centenary Stadium.
- Valletta FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Bala Town FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Luca Barbeno
- Referee Francesco Lunardon
- Referee
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Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Aug Bala Town FC H 0–1 L 15 Aug Astana FK H 0–4 L 08 Aug Astana FK A 1–5 L 30 Jul Ferencvarosi TC H 1–1 D 24 Jul Ferencvarosi TC A 1–3 L 16 Jul F91 Diddeleng H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Aug Valletta FC A 1–0 W 29 Sep Cefn Druids AFC H 1–0 W 05 Jul SP Tre Fiori H 1–0 W 28 Jun SP Tre Fiori A 0–3 L 10 Jun FC Vaduz A 2–1 W 04 Jun Tobyl Qostanai FK H 0–1 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Valletta FC gets underway.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Valletta FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' Valletta FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' It looks surprising Bala Town FC does not make any changes. Lassana Nalatche Mendes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 38' What a strike from Chris Venables! The score is 0-1.
- 43' Bala Town FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 46' Kyrian Nwoko is replacing Miguel Alba for the Valletta FC side.
- 51' The travelling Bala Town FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 53' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Alex Ramsey.
- 58' Valletta FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 58.
- 60' Taylon is replacing Matteo Piciollo for the Valletta FC side.
- 61' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Antony Kay.
- 66' Valletta FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 68' The supporters are chanting for Taisei Marukawa. He replaces Shaun Dimech on 68 minute.
- 69' Kieran Smith is replacing Steven Leslie for the Bala Town FC side.
- 74' Enmy Pena has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 79' The whistle greets Raul Correia as he departs to be replaced by Henry Jones.
- 81' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Santiago Malano.
- 86' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 88' The referee shows Bala Town FC player a Yellow card on 88.
- 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nathan Peate.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Valletta FC.
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Lineups
Valletta FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 24
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- 89
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Matteo Piciollo ↓ Taylon 60'
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27
Miguel Alba ↓ Kyrian Nwoko 46'
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- 16
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11
Shaun Dimech ↓ Taisei Marukawa 68'
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- 55
Bench
- 19
- 41
- 22
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14
Kyrian Nwoko ↑ 46'
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Taylon ↑ 60'
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20
Taisei Marukawa ↑ 68'
Coach Jesmond ZerafaBala Town FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 25
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 29
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14
Steven Leslie ↓ Kieran Smith 69'
- 15
- 20
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9
Raul Correia ↓ Henry Jones 79'
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Bench
- 7
- 2
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11
Kieran Smith ↑ 69'
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10
Henry Jones ↑ 79'
- 30
- 4
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Coach Colin Caton -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.89 Valletta FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.18 Bala Town FC xGI would bet for: Bala Town FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bala Town FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.07Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Valletta FC or Draw 59%Draw or Bala Town FC 73%Valletta FC or Bala Town FC 69%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Bala Town FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 15%1 – 1 14.2%0 – 1 Actual1 – 0 9.9%0 – 2 8.4%1 – 2 7.6%2 – 1 5.7%2 – 0 4.7%2 – 2 3.5%0 – 3 3.3%1 – 3 3.1%3 – 1 1.7%Asian Handicap — Valletta FC
Handicap Valletta FC covers Push Bala Town FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 7% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 17% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 23% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 12% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Valletta FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Bala Town FC keeps clean sheet 42% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.