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Spain vs Malta Prediction & Betting tips
In Cadiz, southern Spain, on Friday evening, Spain receives a visit from Malta in its penultimate European Championship qualifying match. The real tension is already largely removed. After all, the home country has already been placed for next year’s European Championship, while the visitors are already eliminated.
Spain:
With twenty points from eight European Championship qualifiers, as expected, Spain had no trouble securing its European Championship ticket. From now on, national coach Robert Moreno can work in peace at the European Championships next year and also use the remaining two European Championship qualifiers for some experimentation.
The current Spanish selection contains at least some interesting names. One of them is former Ajax-target Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb), who could start directly in the base against Malta. Defender Pau Torres (Villarreal) can also hope for his debut alongside the refined Sergio Ramos. Jose Luis Gaya, Fabian and Mikel Oyarzabal are also relatively wet behind the intended basic eleven, although the latter two in particular are in top form again this season. Well-known names such as David de Gea and Sergio Busquets are probably starting on the bench and players like Jordi Alba and Isco didn’t even get an invitation at all, but La Roja still has enough quality left over.
Malta:
Malta is of course not and will never be a European high flyer. Michael Mifsud, by far the most famous football player from the island from the Mediterranean, defended the colors of clubs such as Kaiserslautern and Coventry City in the distant past. The Messi of Malta is still active at the age of 38 and, for lack of better, is still in the national team.
Just like Mifsud, almost all players are still active in their own Maltese Premier League, a competition that you can hardly take seriously. It is therefore no surprise that with only three points from eight European Championship qualifiers, Malta dangles at the very bottom of group F, even among fellow football dwarf Faroe Islands. The Maltese Knights only managed to score twice in this European Championship qualifying series and received no fewer than eighteen goals. In addition, coach Ray Farrugia cannot appeal to defender Steve Borg against Spain due to a suspension. So it seems that there is little honor for Malta on Friday night in Cadiz.
Spain vs Malta head to head matches
26.03.19 EUR Malta Spain 0 : 2
11.02.97 WC Spain Malta 4 : 0
17.12.96 WC Malta Spain 0 : 3
22.03.89 WC Spain Malta 4 : 0
21.01.89 WC Malta Spain 0 : 2