Estonia vs Malta Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Estonia

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Estonia will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 Nations League triumph vs Malta.

In that game, Estonia had 35% possession and 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Estonia, the scorers were Konstantin Vassiljev (21'), Karl Jakob Hein (56' Own goal) and Henri Anier (94'). Malta had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Thomas Häberli's Estonia have hit the back of the net a total of 5 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

Malta

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Malta head into the encounter after a 1-0 Nations League win against San Marino in their previous fixture.

In that match, Malta managed 73% possession and 23 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Malta was Zach Muscat (50'). On the other side, San Marino got 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Malta has become apparent in recent matches. Checking on their last 6 games reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 8 and Malta have scored 7. That aside, time will tell if the trend shall persist in this upcoming match.

👥 Head to head

The last league fixture between these sides was Nations League match day 3 on 09/06/2022 when it finished Malta 1-2 Estonia.

In that match, Malta managed 65% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Estonia had 8 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Konstantin Vassiljev (21'), Karl Jakob Hein (56' Own goal) and Henri Anier (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Bobby Madden.

🗞️ Team News: Estonia

The Estonia boss Thomas Häberli will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Malta

With a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Malta manager Devis Mangia has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Estonia will more than likely score a couple of goals when they face Malta, who won’t find it easy to break down their defence.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Estonia when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:14 18/09/2022