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Balzan FC vs Birzebbuga Result & Analysis

Date: 12/04/2026
Time: 15:30
Final 3-3
Balzan FC
Balzan FC
Vs
41%
25%
34%
■ Home   ■ Draw   ■ Away
Birzebbuga
Birzebbuga
Malta: Challenge League
Referee: -
1 Model Analysis2 Goal Analysis3 Team Strengths Analysis4 Props Analysis5 Double Chance6 Home & Away Over/Under7 Handicap8 Half Time Goals O/U9 Half Time Home & Away O/U10 Top picks for this game11 Squad value12 Games History13 Overall Statistics14 League Table
Match preview & prediction

Pythia gives Balzan FC a 41% win probability against Birzebbuga in the Malta: Challenge League on 2026-04-12, with 25% for the draw and 34% for Birzebbuga. The model estimates around 3.2 total goals, with 3 the most likely total (22%) and 1-1 the most likely scoreline (11.3%). High-confidence angles (70%+): Over 1.5 (84%).

Results analysis

Balzan FC finished 3-3 against Birzebbuga (Draw). Pythia had modelled a 41% home win, 25% draw and 34% away win. Picks that landed: Over 1.5 (84%).

🎯 1. Model Analysis

Balzan FC win✗ Miss
40.9%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Draw✓ Hit
25.2%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Birzebbuga win✗ Miss
33.9%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.

⚽ 2. Goal Analysis

Balzan FCBalzan FC

Last 10 – goals for & against
40-441W20W30W02L41W14L31W21W12L10WH·VIT10/01A·ST.17/01H·BIR01/02A·MEL08/02A·MAR15/02H·ST.22/02A·PIE28/02A·FGU10/03H·SWI14/03A·SIR06/04
Avg total
3.3
Avg scored
2.1
Avg conceded
1.2
SplitTotal
Scored		Total
Conceded		Home
Scored		Home
Conceded		Away
Scored		Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game1.830.932.231.151.530.76
vs Stronger (6)1.501.332.251.250.001.50
vs Similar (17)1.710.941.601.601.750.67
vs Weaker (7)2.430.573.000.501.670.67
Clean sheet %33% (+7pp vs league)
This opponent (Birzebbuga) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

BirzebbugaBirzebbuga

Last 10 – goals for & against
30-310W11D03L01L30W31W21W22D22D31WH·ST.10/01A·VIT17/01A·BAL01/02H·SAN07/02A·ZEB14/02H·FGU22/02H·MEL28/02A·SWI08/03H·PIE14/03A·ST.04/04
Avg total
2.9
Avg scored
1.7
Avg conceded
1.2
SplitTotal
Scored		Total
Conceded		Home
Scored		Home
Conceded		Away
Scored		Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game2.051.102.201.101.901.10
vs Stronger (0)------
vs Similar (8)1.750.881.801.001.670.67
vs Weaker (12)2.251.252.601.202.001.29
Clean sheet %25% (-1pp vs league)
This opponent (Balzan FC) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

Total goals distribution

6%11%17%22%5%011%122%222%318%412%511%6+
The model estimates around 3.2 goals in this match; the single most likely total is 3 (22%).
Over/Under 1.5Actual: Over
Over 1.5
84.5%
Under 1.5
15.5%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 2.5Actual: Over
Over 2.5
62.9%
Under 2.5
37.1%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 3.5Actual: Over
Over 3.5
40.7%
Under 3.5
59.3%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Both teams to scoreActual: Yes
Yes
65.3%
No
34.7%
Best 5 market prices
Yes
No market prices yet.
No
No market prices yet.

Correct score

Top 8 scorelines with probability, best odds and edge (left); the full probability grid (right).
1-1
11.3%
2-1
8.7%
1-2
7.9%
2-2
6.7%
2-0
5.7%
1-0
5.6%
0-1
5.0%
3-1
5.0%
Balzan FC goals ↓
Birzebbuga goals →
01234
04.9%5.0%4.6%2.4%0.9%
15.6%11%7.9%4.0%1.6%
25.7%8.7%6.7%3.4%1.3%
33.2%5.0%3.8%2.0%0.8%
41.4%2.1%1.6%0.8%0.3%
Each cell is the % chance of that exact scoreline. Rows = Balzan FC goals (down), columns = Birzebbuga goals (across).

💪 3. Team Strengths Analysis

🏆 Total PPG

Points / game
Balzan FC
2.18
Swieqi United
2.14
Birzebbuga
2.04
Melita
1.67
Sirens
1.59
Pietà Hotspurs
1.59
Mgarr United
1.50
Fgura United
1.45
Gudja United
1.45
Santa Lucía
1.36
Zurrieq
1.23
St. Andrews
1.23
Vittoriosa Stars
0.95
Zebbug Rangers
0.91
Marsa
0.86
Mtarfa
0.18
Balzan FC is 0.14 points better than Birzebbuga in terms of average points per game (2.18 vs 2.04).

⚔️ Attack

Goals scored / game
Sirens
2.27
Balzan FC
2.27
Swieqi United
2.23
Birzebbuga
2.09
Pietà Hotspurs
1.91
Fgura United
1.86
Mgarr United
1.86
Melita
1.86
Santa Lucía
1.82
Zurrieq
1.64
Marsa
1.45
Gudja United
1.32
St. Andrews
1.18
Vittoriosa Stars
1.18
Zebbug Rangers
1.05
Mtarfa
0.45
Balzan FC is 0.19 goals better than Birzebbuga in terms of goals scored per game (2.27 vs 2.09).

🛡️ Defense

Conceded / game · lower better
Balzan FC
0.95
Gudja United
1.14
Swieqi United
1.18
Birzebbuga
1.22
Melita
1.33
Santa Lucía
1.41
Sirens
1.50
Mgarr United
1.50
Vittoriosa Stars
1.50
Pietà Hotspurs
1.55
Fgura United
1.68
Zurrieq
1.73
St. Andrews
1.73
Marsa
1.73
Zebbug Rangers
2.05
Mtarfa
4.27
Balzan FC is 0.26 goals better than Birzebbuga in terms of goals conceded per game (0.95 vs 1.22).

⏱️ Possession

Not available for this league.
Possession isn't tracked for this league.

🎲 4. Props Analysis

Corners, cards and fouls aren't tracked for this league, so prop analysis isn't available here. Result, goals and both-teams-to-score markets are unaffected.

🔀 5. Double Chance

Double Chance

Two of the three results in one selection. The probability is the sum of those outcomes from the model above, so any edge here is the market pricing the combination out of line with its own 1X2.

🥅 6. Home & Away Over/Under

⚖️ 7. Handicap

⏱️ 8. Half Time Goals O/U

Balzan FCBalzan FC

Half Time · Last 10 – goals for & against
40-440W00D10W01L20W02L10W20W01L10WH·VIT10/01A·ST.17/01H·BIR01/02A·MEL08/02A·MAR15/02H·ST.22/02A·PIE28/02A·FGU10/03H·SWI14/03A·SIR06/04
Avg total
1.5
Avg scored
1.1
Avg conceded
0.4
SplitTotal
Scored		Total
Conceded		Home
Scored		Home
Conceded		Away
Scored		Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game0.670.370.850.540.530.24
vs Stronger (6)0.170.670.250.750.000.50
vs Similar (17)0.410.410.200.800.500.25
vs Weaker (7)1.710.002.250.001.000.00
Clean sheet %70% (+44pp vs league)
This opponent (Birzebbuga) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

BirzebbugaBirzebbuga

Half Time · Last 10 – goals for & against
30-310W10W01L00D10W20W01L21W10W30WH·ST.10/01A·VIT17/01A·BAL01/02H·SAN07/02A·ZEB14/02H·FGU22/02H·MEL28/02A·SWI08/03H·PIE14/03A·ST.04/04
Avg total
1.4
Avg scored
1.1
Avg conceded
0.3
SplitTotal
Scored		Total
Conceded		Home
Scored		Home
Conceded		Away
Scored		Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game1.100.301.000.401.200.20
vs Stronger (0)------
vs Similar (8)0.880.250.600.401.330.00
vs Weaker (12)1.250.331.400.401.140.29
Clean sheet %70% (+44pp vs league)
This opponent (Balzan FC) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Half Time Over/Under 0.5Actual: Over
Over 0.5
0.0%
Under 0.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Half Time Over/Under 1.5Actual: Under
Over 1.5
0.0%
Under 1.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Half Time Over/Under 2.5Actual: Under
Over 2.5
0.0%
Under 2.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.

🥅 9. Half Time Home & Away O/U

How many goals each side scores in the first half on its own. Each line is modelled directly from that team's half-time goals rather than read off a scoreline grid, so unlike the full-time version the two sides need not sum exactly to the half-time match total.
Balzan FC over/under 0.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Balzan FC over/under 1.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Balzan FC over/under 2.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Birzebbuga over/under 0.5 HTActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Birzebbuga over/under 1.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Birzebbuga over/under 2.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.

🔥 10. Top picks for this game

Every selection Pythia rates above 70%, ordered by probability. Use Min odds to match the prices you want: slide down for near-certainties at short prices, up for longer prices. Unpriced picks are ranked on the model's fair odds. The five columns are the best market prices (highest first) for each pick; edge is vs the average. Result grades each pick against the final score.
Min odds1.20
PickProbabilityAvg oddsBest 1Best 2Best 3Best 4Best 5EdgeResult
Over 1.584.5%-------✓ Hit

💰 11. Squad value

💰 Total value

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
BF (32)
€1m
BIR (28)
€0m
SU (27)
€0m
FU (45)
€0m
ZR (43)
€0m
ZUR (38)
€0m
GU (30)
€0m
Balzan FC and Birzebbuga have a similar squad value (both €1m).

⚔️ Attack

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
BF (0)
€0m
BIR (0)
€0m
FU (0)
€0m
GU (0)
€0m
SU (0)
€0m
ZR (0)
€0m
ZUR (0)
€0m
No squad-value data to compare these two teams.

🧠 Midfield

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
BF (0)
€0m
BIR (0)
€0m
FU (0)
€0m
GU (0)
€0m
SU (0)
€0m
ZR (0)
€0m
ZUR (0)
€0m
No squad-value data to compare these two teams.

🛡️ Defence

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
BF (0)
€0m
BIR (0)
€0m
FU (0)
€0m
GU (0)
€0m
SU (0)
€0m
ZR (0)
€0m
ZUR (0)
€0m
No squad-value data to compare these two teams.

🤝 12. Games History

Head-to-head

Balzan FC vs Birzebbuga · H/A from BF
DateH/AGameScore
01/02/26HBF Vs Birzebbuga3-0

Balzan FCBalzan FC

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
06/04/26ASirens Vs BF0-1
14/03/26HBF Vs Swieqi United1-2
10/03/26AFgura United Vs BF1-2
28/02/26APietà Hotspurs Vs BF1-3
22/02/26HBF Vs St. Andrews1-4
15/02/26AMarsa Vs BF1-4
08/02/26AMelita Vs BF2-0
01/02/26HBF Vs Birzebbuga3-0
17/01/26ASt. Andrews Vs BF0-2
10/01/26HBF Vs Vittoriosa Stars4-1

BirzebbugaBirzebbuga

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
04/04/26ASt. Andrews Vs BIR1-3
14/03/26HBIR Vs Pietà Hotspurs2-2
08/03/26ASwieqi United Vs BIR2-2
28/02/26HBIR Vs Melita2-1
22/02/26HBIR Vs Fgura United3-1
14/02/26AZebbug Rangers Vs BIR0-3
07/02/26HBIR Vs Santa Lucía0-1
01/02/26ABalzan FC Vs BIR3-0
17/01/26AVittoriosa Stars Vs BIR1-1
10/01/26HBIR Vs St. Andrews1-0

📊 13. Overall Statistics

Balzan FC
Balzan FC
Malta: Challenge League
Recent: 7 Wins / 0 Draws / 3 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallLWWLW1.44
HomeWWWLL1.52
AwayLWWWW1.37
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %40%43%37%
AVG goals2.782.962.63
Over 1.5 %80%87%74%
Over 2.5 %58%61%56%
Over 3.5 %30%35%26%
Scored1.521.741.33
Conceded1.261.221.30
BTTS54%57%52%
Clean Sheet26%26%26%
Corners---
Cards---
Birzebbuga
Birzebbuga
Malta: Challenge League
Recent: 5 Wins / 3 Draws / 2 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallWWDDW2.10
HomeWLWWD2.20
AwayDLWDW2.00
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %65%70%60%
AVG goals3.153.303.00
Over 1.5 %75%60%90%
Over 2.5 %65%60%70%
Over 3.5 %35%40%30%
Scored2.052.201.90
Conceded1.101.101.10
BTTS55%60%50%
Clean Sheet25%20%30%
Corners---
Cards---

🏆 14. League Table

RecordGoalsProps / gameSquad value €mStrengths
RankTeamMPPtsWin%PPGGFGAGDG/GO1.5O2.5O3.5CorCor O%CrdCrd O%FlsFls O%TotAttMidDefAtt/gDef/gPoss%
1Balzan FCBalzan FC2248
68%
2.2
5021+29
3.2
86%
64%
45%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
1
0002.31.0
-
2Swieqi UnitedSwieqi United2247
64%
2.1
4926+23
3.4
91%
64%
50%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0002.21.2
-
3BirzebbugaBirzebbuga2347
61%
2.0
4828+20
3.3
78%
65%
39%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0002.11.2
-
4SirensSirens2235
50%
1.6
5033+17
3.8
82%
68%
50%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0002.31.5
-
5MelitaMelita2135
52%
1.7
3928+11
3.2
81%
62%
48%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.91.3
-
6Pietà HotspursPietà Hotspurs2235
45%
1.6
4234+8
3.5
82%
64%
64%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.91.5
-
7Mgarr UnitedMgarr United2233
41%
1.5
4133+8
3.4
82%
55%
50%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.91.5
-
8Fgura UnitedFgura United2232
45%
1.5
4137+4
3.5
86%
68%
45%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.91.7
-
9Gudja UnitedGudja United2232
36%
1.5
2925+4
2.5
73%
45%
18%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.31.1
-
10Santa LucíaSanta Lucía2230
32%
1.4
4031+9
3.2
82%
55%
41%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.81.4
-
11ZurrieqZurrieq2227
36%
1.2
3638-2
3.4
82%
68%
45%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.61.7
-
12St. AndrewsSt. Andrews2227
36%
1.2
2638-12
2.9
82%
64%
32%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.21.7
-
13Vittoriosa StarsVittoriosa Stars2221
23%
1.0
2633-7
2.7
68%
41%
32%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.21.5
-
14Zebbug RangersZebbug Rangers2220
23%
0.9
2345-22
3.1
77%
59%
41%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.02.0
-
15MarsaMarsa2219
18%
0.9
3238-6
3.2
82%
64%
45%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0001.51.7
-
16MtarfaMtarfa224
5%
0.2
1094-84
4.7
95%
77%
64%
-
0%
-
0%
-
0%
0
0000.54.3
-
Malta: Challenge League 2025/26 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Malta: Challenge League stats & trends →

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