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Hamrun Spartans

Premier League Malta

Fa Trophy

Super Cup

Europa Conference League

Founded:	1907
Stadium:	Victor Tedesco Stadium
Coach:	Winston Muscat
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Hamrun Spartans home ground venue is Victor Tedesco Stadium.

Winston Muscat is the current coach for Hamrun Spartans.

Hamrun Spartans Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Hamrun Spartans have played a total of 21 matches in Malta Premier League. Their current statistics is 11 win, 6 draw and 4 lose.

Hamrun Spartans did not lose their last six matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Hamrun Spartans results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2024/2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Hamrun Spartans	21	11	6	4

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
05/05/2025	Floriana	0 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
Fernandinho 1'
2'
3'
		0 - 1	4' Jovan Čađenović
Gonzalo Gamarra 5'
		0 - 2	6'
Jake Grech 7'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	8'
Fernandinho 15'
			20' Sven Xerri
			74' Sven Xerri
			74' Cesar Menacho
			83' Redon Mihana
			83' Talison Lui Barbosa
Alejandro Garzia 90+4'
Zachary Scerri 90+4'
Jork Becerra 90+5'
Guy Serge Yameogo 90+5'
			98' Steve Borg
			98' Emerson
			98' Geder
			98' Daniel Letherby
Dunstan Vella 101'
Elvis Mashike 101'
			112' Roko Prša
			112' Mihael Klepač
30/04/2025	Marsaxlokk	0 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' Raphael Lopes
			42' Ryan Camenzuli
			58' Elionay
			61' Joseph Mbong
Martin Adamec 64'
Jai Quitongo 64'
			71' Roko Prša
			71' Daniel Letherby
			71' Redon Mihana
			71' Cesar Menacho
Leandro Aguirre 71'
Ryan Scicluna 82'
Duane Bonnici 82'
			84' Sven Xerri
			84' Ederson
			84' Jovan Čađenović
			84' Mayron Marques
Lucas López 89'
Enmy Peña 90+1'
Nevin Portelli 90+1'
27/04/2025	Sliema Wanderers	1 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Kairou Amoustapha
			17' Cesar Menacho
			31' Ognjen Bjeličić
			45+3' Elionay
			46' Emerson
			46' Mayron Marques
Vito Plut 52'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	59' Raphael Lopes
			73' Mihael Klepač
			73' Daniel Letherby
Vito Plut 82'
Vito Plut 82'
Kyrian Nwoko 82'
Vito Plut 82'
Maksym Priadun 82'
Maksym Priadun 85'
85'
21/04/2025	Floriana	0 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			34' Steve Borg
			43' Raphael Lopes
			43' Joseph Mbong
Carlo Zammit Lonardelli 45'
Alejandro Garzia 45'
			61' Cesar Menacho
			61' Talison Lui Barbosa
Matías García 70'
Matías García 77'
Jork Becerra 77'
Elvis Mashike 77'
Gabriel Sotomayor 77'
Alejandro Garzia 79'
			79' Jovan Čađenović
			79' Mihael Klepač
			85' Steve Borg
Gabriel Sotomayor 87'
Jork Becerra 90+1'
12/04/2025	Mosta	0 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Joseph Mbong
		0 - 2	45+2' Raphael Lopes
			50' Sven Xerri
			50' Steve Borg
Nathan Agius 54'
Nathan Agius 60'
Gianluca Sciberras 60'
			63' Roko Prša
			63' Cesar Menacho
			73' Emerson
			73' Mihael Klepač
			78' Cesar Menacho
Stephen Chiemezie 85'
Jamie Scerri 85'
			88' Joseph Mbong
Giancarlo 90+5'
05/04/2025	Birkirkara	0 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
Donovan Makoma 27'
Agustin Sandona 46'
Tomislav Papazov 46'
Alessandro Coppola 55'
Neil Micallef 65'
		0 - 1	68' Roko Prša
			68' Ryan Camenzuli
Maxuell Samurai 68'
			72' Roko Prša
			81' Jovan Čađenović
			81' Ederson
Donovan Makoma 81'
Kemar Reid 81'
Kemar Reid 89'
Alexander Satariano 90+6'
Alexander Satariano 90+12'
16/02/2025	Melita	2 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jesus Yepez 12'		1 - 0
			46' Redon Mihana
			46' Kairou Amoustapha
			46' Mihael Klepač
			46' Luke Montebello
			47' Emerson
Michael Cachia 49'
Matthew Debattista 49'
Alan Oliver Borg 52'		2 - 0
			64' Raphael Lopes
			68' Joseph Mbong
			68' Ryan Camenzuli
			68' Talison Lui Barbosa
Jesus Yepez 75'
			76' Kairou Amoustapha
Jesus Yepez 77'
Nick Cutajar 77'
			80' Mayron Marques
			80' Daniel Letherby
			80' Elionay
			80' Sven Xerri
Camilo Sanchez 85'
Collins Gyamfi 85'
Santiago Martínez 85'
Paul Galea Testaferrata 85'
09/02/2025	St. Patrick	0 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			20' Joseph Mbong
João Pedro 38'
		0 - 1	45+1' Cesar Menacho
Antonio Iervolino 46'
Stefan Ilić 46'
			61' Redon Mihana
			61' Kairou Amoustapha
João Pedro 67'
Kristian Keqi 67'
Wallace Bonilha Félix 74'
Marcelo Santos 74'
			76' Mihael Klepač
			76' Raphael Lopes
			76' Mihael Klepač
			76' Luke Montebello
Vinícius Paiva 86'
Brian Gambarte 87'
Sean Gatt 87'
25/01/2025	Floriana	0 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
Jork Becerra 33'
Christoffer Mafoumbi 36'
			36' Elionay
			46' Luke Montebello
			46' Ederson Bruno Domingos
Jork Becerra 61'
Zachary Scerri 61'
			62' Emerson
Matías Nicolás García 67'
Jake Grech 75'
Elvis Mashike 75'
			75' Elionay
			75' Kairou Amoustapha
Carlo Zammit Lonardelli 79'
			87' Ederson Bruno Domingos
Franklin Olanitori Sasere 87'
19/01/2025	Hibernians	1 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
Dexter Xuereb 12'
		0 - 1	16' Raphael Lopes
Khevin 42'
Alex Bruno 48'
			50' Elionay
		0 - 2	55' Luke Montebello
Federico Falcone 66'		1 - 2
			68' Luke Montebello
			72' Luke Montebello
			72' Kairou Amoustapha
Alex Bruno 75'
Lucas Villela 75'
			76' Raphael Lopes
			77' Chris Ondong
Bjorn Kristensen 81'
Khevin 86'
Lucas Caruana 86'
Higor Gabriel Fernandes Alves 86'
Pedrão 86'
Matthew Ellul 90+2'
Lyon Abela 90+2'
			90+5' Joseph Mbong
05/01/2025	Marsaxlokk	1 - 6	Hamrun Spartans	1-2	H2H	O	+
Alex de Aguiar Gomes 20'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	26' Raphael Lopes
		1 - 2	38' Raphael Lopes
		1 - 3	53' Raphael Lopes
		1 - 4	68' Talison Lui Barboza
			71' Talison Lui Barboza
			71' Chris Ondong
			77' Elionay
			77' Ederson Bruno Domingos
			78' Raphael Lopes
			78' Daniel Letherby
Duane Bonnici 78'
Samuel Cassar 78'
			82' Steve Borg
			82' Matthias Ellul
			82' Mayron Marques
			82' Sven Xerri
		1 - 5	83' Ederson Bruno Domingos
		1 - 6	89' Luke Montebello
Alex de Aguiar Gomes 89'
Isaac Borg 89'
Jake Ghio 90+1'
Cody Gatt 90+1'
21/12/2024	Hibernians	0 - 3	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			11' Steve Borg
Jurgen Degabriele 13'
		0 - 1	27' Kean Scicluna
			36' Juan Corbalan
			36' K. Hili
Pedrão 40'
Higor Gabriel Fernandes Alves 40'
Matthew Ellul 46'
Alex Bruno 46'
Bjorn Kristensen 46'
Lucas Caruana 46'
Alfred Silas 68'
Dexter Xuereb 68'
		0 - 2	75' Talison Lui Barboza
		0 - 3	79' Joseph Mbong
Miullen 81'
			81' Mayron Marques
Jurgen Degabriele 83'
Jake Portelli 83'
			90' Talison Lui Barboza
			90' Felippe Bugeja
			90' Sean Agius
			90' Nexille Grech
Mayron Marques 90+1'
			90+4' Henry Bonello
08/12/2024	Floriana	1 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' Luke Montebello
			15' Talison Lui Barboza
			33' Henry Bonello
		0 - 2	44' Luke Montebello
Fernandinho 46'
K. Nwoko 46'
G. Yaméogo 46'
O. Spiteri 46'
			46' Luke Montebello
			46' Gabriel Vella
Emerson Souza 50'
K. Nwoko 53'		1 - 2
			57' Joseph Mbong
K. Nwoko 57'
			68' Gabriel Vella
			68' Ryan Camenzuli
G. Yaméogo 71'
			72' Kean Scicluna
			72' Steve Borg
A. Kouros 78'
Quadri Olanshile Allionida 78'
			79' Daniel Letherby
			85' Emerson
			85' Sean Agius
Quadri Olanshile Allionida 86'
			90+1' Mayron Marques
29/11/2024	Sliema Wanderers	1 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			35' Juan Corbalan
			35' Matthias Ellul
			42' Raphael Lopes
Mohamed Awad 71'
Geoffrey Acheampong 71'
Adam Magri Overend 71'
Vito Plut 71'
			74' Gabriel Vella
			74' Talison Lui Barboza
			74' Daniel Letherby
			74' Sven Xerri
			78' Elionay
		0 - 1	82' Luke Montebello
			83' Kean Scicluna
			83' Felippe Bugeja
Gustavo Alcino 86'
Neil Frendo 86'
Simon Zibo 86'
Nicholas Strickland 86'
Sven Xerri 88'		1 - 1
Jonata 90+3'
Serginho 90+3'
23/11/2024	Birkirkara	0 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			18' Roko Prša
			18' Kean Scicluna
Alessandro Coppola 36'
		0 - 1	45+3' Shaisen Attard
			45+6' Elionay
Nathan Cross 46'
Paul Mbong 46'
			55' Shaisen Attard
			55' Luke Montebello
			56' Luke Montebello
			56' Luke Montebello
Agustin Sandona 65'
Maicon 65'
		0 - 2	70' Raphael Lopes
			72' Raphael Lopes
			77' Maxuell Samurai
Óscar Siafa 78'
Andrea Zammit 78'
Alexander Satariano 78'
			86' Gabriel Vella
			86' Matthias Ellul
07/11/2024	Gzira United	1 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			11' Mayron Marques
Lecão 12'
Marcelo Dias 25'
			45' Gabriel Vella
			46' Gabriel Vella
			46' Joseph Mbong
Lecão 52'		1 - 0
Zachary Scerri 66'
			79' Ryan Camenzuli
			79' Juan Corbolan
			79' Mayron Marques
			79' Vitor Hugo Manarin
		1 - 1	85' Daniel Letherby
Lecão 87'
Farid Romero 87'
Luis Carlos Riascos 87'
Saint Ebisindor Christian 90+3'
			90+5' Steve Borg
		1 - 2	90+5' Emerson
Thiaguinho 90+6'
Kean Scicluna 90+6'
			90+6' Daniel Letherby
			90+6' Faysal Chouaib
Thaylor 90+6'
25/10/2024	Sliema Wanderers	1 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	1-0	H2H	O	+
Murilo Henrique 20'		1 - 0
			29' Luke Montebello
			29' Wendel Barros
			46' Mayron Marques
			46' Talison Lui Barboza
Vito Plut 47'
			49' Chris Ondong
			49' Raphael Lopes
			52' Wendel Barros
			52' Juan Corbolan
Wescley 63'
Stephen Pisani 66'
Neil Frendo 66'
Emeka Kelvin Agu 75'
Mohamed Awad 79'
Adam Magri Overend 79'
Murilo Henrique 84'
Vito Plut 88'
Serginho 88'
19/10/2024	Birkirkara	3 - 2	Hamrun Spartans	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' Luke Montebello
			25' Sven Xerri
			25' Matthias Ellul
Alessandro Coppola 26'
Alexander Satariano 36'		1 - 1
Gnamien Gislain Yikpe 42'		2 - 1
			45+1' Ederson Bruno Domingos
			45+1' Juan Corbolan
			46' Wendel Barros
			46' Shaisen Attard
Alessandro Coppola 48'
Nathan Cross 48'
Alexander Satariano 50'		3 - 1
			57' Chris Ondong
			58' Joseph Mbong
			62' Luke Montebello
			62' Raphael Lopes
			62' Elionay
			62' Talison Lui Barboza
Leandro Lacunza 71'
Paul Mbong 71'
Maicon 71'
		3 - 2	79' Shaisen Attard
Maxuell Samurai 86'
Óscar Siafa 86'
Manuel Morello 90+4'
27/09/2024	Naxxar Lions	0 - 6	Hamrun Spartans	0-4	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	13' Raphael Lopes
			21' Mayron Marques
		0 - 2	25' Joseph Mbong
Fernando Barbosa Pereira 29'
		0 - 3	29' Luke Montebello
		0 - 4	44' Chris Marlon Ondong Mba
			46' Elionay Freitas da Silva
			46' Gustavo Barbosa Santos
Takuma Yamaguchi 46'
Geder 46'
Luan Almeida 46'
Owen Portelli 46'
Pedro Vitor 46'
Yasukaze Ito 46'
		0 - 5	54' Chris Marlon Ondong Mba
			61' Luke Montebello
			61' Wendel Barros
Edson Farias 67'
Matthias Fenech 67'
			72' Joseph Mbong
			72' Shaisen Attard
			72' Raphael Lopes
			72' Talison Lui Barboza
			76' Mayron Marques
			76' Kean Scicluna
		0 - 6	77' Shaisen Attard
Ryan Cassar 79'
Staline Degabriele 79'
21/09/2024	Balzan	1 - 1	Hamrun Spartans	0-1	H2H	O	+
Marcel Lima Novaes Silva 8'
Marcel Lima Novaes Silva 15'
Mosawer Ahadi 15'
		0 - 1	34' Raphael Lopes
Gary Camilleri 43'
Mosawer Ahadi 45+1'
Gary Camilleri 54'
Jake Engerer 54'
Undoyen Akpan 57'		1 - 1
Samir Arab 68'
Benjamin Hili 71'
Jake Grech 71'
Jan Busuttil 71'
Isaac Westendorf 71'
Henri Stanic 74'
Henri Stanic 75'
			75' Luke Montebello
Jake Engerer 80'
			81' Elionay Freitas da Silva
			81' Shaisen Attard
			81' Luke Montebello
			81' Geder
			81' Joseph Mbong
			81' Eder
15/09/2024	Mosta	1 - 0	Hamrun Spartans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			24' Elionay Freitas da Silva
			45+4' Luke Montebello
			46' Juan Corbalan
			46' Geder
Clayton Failla 57'
			62' Wendel Barros
			62' Shaisen Attard
			62' Elionay Freitas da Silva
			62' Vitão
Zachary Brincat 71'
Nathan Agius 71'
Soulymane Kone 71'
Richard Luca 71'
Giancarlo 72'
Chisom Okereke 72'
João Victor 77'
			80' Ryan Camenzuli
			81' Chris Marlon Ondong Mba
			81' Matthias Ellul
			82' Luke Montebello
			82' Joseph Mbong
Chisom Okereke 88'		1 - 0
Larsson Coulibaly 90+2'
Sasha Cachia 90+2'
Richard Luca 90+2'
Matheus Cambuci 90+2'
			90+4' Geder

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Hamrun Spartans in Premier League.

Statistics & Analysis of Hamrun Spartans

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	9
Longest run without win	2
Clean sheets	10
Matches over 2.25 goals	7
Matches under 2.25 goals	14
Matches First Half Over 0.5	13
Matches First Half Under 0.5	8
Matches odd	11
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	1.57
Average goals allowed	0.67
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	0 - 6
Biggest defeat	2 - 0
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0
Goalless draw at away match	3 (14%)
Comeback win	0

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Premier League 2024/2025 - Closing - 2nd Phase Table

Bottom 6

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	St. Patrick	5	2	2	1	24	18	+6	22
2	Hibernians	5	1	2	2	24	23	+1	22
3	Gzira United	5	2	2	1	14	22	-8	20
4	Naxxar Lions	5	3	1	1	17	27	-10	20
5	Balzan	5	1	4	0	18	23	-5	17
6	Melita	5	0	1	4	18	36	-18	11

Relegation Play-off

Hamrun Spartans are in the 1st position of Premier League and they are in contention for Semi-finals.

Top 6

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Hamrun Spartans	5	3	2	0	20	9	+11	28
2	Sliema Wanderers	5	3	1	1	27	17	+10	28
3	Floriana	5	2	2	1	21	13	+8	27
4	Marsaxlokk	5	2	1	2	26	18	+8	26
5	Birkirkara	5	1	2	2	23	14	+9	24
6	Mosta	5	0	0	5	15	27	-12	19

Semi-finals

Possible Semi-finals

Premier League 2024/2025 - Closing Table

Hamrun Spartans are in the 6th position of Premier League and they are in contention for Championship Round.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Birkirkara	11	5	4	2	20	10	+10	19
2	Floriana	11	5	4	2	15	9	+6	19
3	Marsaxlokk	11	6	1	4	18	13	+5	19
4	Mosta	11	6	1	4	14	13	+1	19
5	Sliema Wanderers	11	6	0	5	18	13	+5	18
6	Hamrun Spartans	11	5	2	4	15	8	+7	17
7	Hibernians	11	5	2	4	17	17	+0	17
8	St. Patrick	11	4	2	5	15	12	+3	14
9	Gzira United	11	3	3	5	8	16	-8	12
10	Balzan	11	2	4	5	11	18	-7	10
11	Melita	11	2	4	5	15	24	-9	10
12	Naxxar Lions	11	3	1	7	11	24	-13	10

Championship Round

Relegation Round

Premier League 2024/2025 - Opening - 2nd Phase Table

Bottom 6

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Gzira United	5	2	2	1	20	20	+0	22
2	Marsaxlokk	5	2	3	0	21	21	+0	21
3	Melita	5	2	0	3	20	26	-6	18
4	St. Patrick	5	3	1	1	21	32	-11	14
5	Balzan	5	1	0	4	16	27	-11	12
6	Naxxar Lions	5	1	2	2	13	28	-15	12

Relegation Play-off

Hamrun Spartans are in the 5th position of Premier League.

Top 6

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Floriana	5	4	0	1	27	10	+17	35
2	Birkirkara	5	1	1	3	22	14	+8	32
3	Sliema Wanderers	5	2	2	1	23	10	+13	30
4	Hibernians	5	2	0	3	19	17	+2	27
5	Hamrun Spartans	5	3	1	1	28	19	+9	24
6	Mosta	5	1	0	4	20	26	-6	19

Semi-finals

Possible Semi-finals

Premier League 2024/2025 - Opening Table

Hamrun Spartans are in the 6th position of Premier League and they are in contention for Championship Round.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Birkirkara	11	9	1	1	19	8	+11	28
2	Floriana	11	6	5	0	21	8	+13	23
3	Sliema Wanderers	11	6	4	1	15	5	+10	22
4	Hibernians	11	6	3	2	13	7	+6	21
5	Mosta	11	5	1	5	15	16	-1	16
6	Hamrun Spartans	11	4	2	5	19	15	+4	14
7	Gzira United	11	4	2	5	15	15	+0	14
8	Melita	11	3	3	5	16	19	-3	12
9	Marsaxlokk	11	3	3	5	13	16	-3	12
10	Balzan	11	2	3	6	11	19	-8	9
11	Naxxar Lions	11	1	4	6	7	21	-14	7
12	St. Patrick	11	1	1	9	12	27	-15	4

Championship Round

Relegation Round

Hamrun Spartans Squad

Detailed statistics of each Hamrun Spartans player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Hamrun Spartans top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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Name of Player
Henry Bonello	630	7
Roko Prša	630	7
Mayron Marques Barboza	616	7		1			2
Joseph Essien Mbong	612	7		2	3		3
Ryan Camenzuli	562	7		2				1
Luke Montebello	554	7		4	5	5	2
Sven Xerri	552	7	1	1
Elionay Freitas da Silva	424	7	1	6			1
Raphael Lopes Silva	416	6	1	2	3
Wendel da Silva Barros	367	7	3	3
Chris Marlon Ondong Mba	351	4		1	2		1
Juan Carlos Corbalan	270	4		3
Talison Lui Barboza	191	3	1	2			1
Mattias Ellul	183	4	3
Shaisen Attard	139	5	5		2
Ederson Bruno Domingos	108	3	1	2			0
Vitor Hugo Manarin Leite da Silva	80	3	3
Kean Scicluna	14	1	1
Steve Borg	13	1		1
Daniel Letherby	8	1	1
Bjorn Buhagiar
Christopher Galea
Emerson Marcelina
Francisco Célio da Paz Silva Filho
Gabriel Mangion
Gabriel Vella
Hamza Muhammad Sani
Jacob Mangion
Marcelo Barbosa Junior
Matthew Mifsud
Matthias Debono
Sean Agius
Zeron Azzopardi

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Estradense vs Arosa

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

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H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Békéscsaba vs Csákvári TK

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.