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Malta vs Lithuania Prediction & Betting tips
Malta and Lithuania face each other at Ta’Qali National Stadium in a match for this phase of the European World Ranking (1st Round). The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, as there was 1 victory for each team in the last 2 matches. In this match the home factor can be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results conquered at home and as a visitor.
Malta :
The home team is currently in 6th place, with no points won, after 8 defeats. In the penultimate game, lost at home against England by (0-4). In the last game, lost out against Scotland by (2-0). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he recorded 1 victory, 2 draws and 12 defeats as a visitor, with 4 goals scored and 29 suffered; against 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats in his stadium, with 11 goals scored and 31 suffered. Malta lost 4 of their last 4 home games for the World Classification Europe.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 8 defeats in its last parties. His defense has not been very solid, having suffered at least one goal in each of the last 8 games, and his attack has not been very effective, as he did not score goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores a few times first. In fact, he never opened the scoring in the last 8 matches for the World Classification Europe. In 8 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never got the comeback.
Malta is only 191th place in the FIFA rankings and is one of the four teams that have not yet managed to win points in this qualifying round of the European Zone for the 2018 World Cup and arrives at these last days without any hypothesis of qualification. The poor but expected campaign in this qualifying phase can be explained by the fragility of the team, both offensive and defensive, since in 8 days scored only 2 goals and suffered 21, having the worst record in Group F, both in attack as in defense. Playing at home, as in next Thursday’s game, the team has been an easy prey, since in the 4 matches in his stadium scored only 2 goals and suffered 13, without having even been close to conquering at least one point.
Lithuania:
The away team is currently in 5th place, with 5 points conquered, after 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate game, lost at home against Scotland by (0-3). In the last game, lost out against Slovenia by (4-0). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has 4 draws and 11 defeats as a visitor; against 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium. In the last 4 games that made a World Cup qualifier, Lithuania drew 1 and lost 3.
In this competition, he lost the last 5 games and did not win any of the last 4 that he played as a visitor. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition, reason why it was not very strong defensively. In 8 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
Lithuania have no chance of qualifying for the World Championship in Russia, coming from 5 consecutive defeats in this qualifying round and now aim to finish the competition in a dignified way. The team has struggled with some problems in the attack, having scored only 1 goal in the last 5 games and has the worst attack of Group F, while their defense is the second less solid, with 18 goals conceded and in 5 games suffered 15 goals. Playing away from home, as in the game on Thursday, Lithuania has been very weak and has only 1 point in 12 disputed. It is important to note that it is the selection with more goals suffered away from home in the group F.
Malta vs Lithuania head to head matches
11.10.16 WC Lithuania Malta 2 : 0
08.06.15 FI Malta Lithuania 2 : 0
15.11.06 FI Malta Lithuania 1 : 4