📏 Form Guide

Malta

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Malta will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-0 WC Qualifiers - Europe defeat in their last game at the hands of Poland.

In that match, Malta had 42% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Poland had 28 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. Karol Świderski (27', 51') scored for Poland.

Their latest results really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Malta defence. Malta have been mean at the back, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six outings standing at 3. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Lithuania

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In their last game, Lithuania drew 2-2 in the WC Qualifiers - Europe tie with Finland.

In that match, Lithuania managed 44% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Lithuania, the scorers were Armandas Kučys (39') and Gvidas Gineitis (69'). On the other side, Finland had 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Kaan Kairinen (3') and Joel Pohjanpalo (17') scored for Finland.

The stats tell the story, and Lithuania have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. At the back, Lithuania seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

👥 Head to head

The last league contest featuring the two was WC Qualifiers - Europe match day 9 on 05/10/2017 when it ended Malta 1-1 Lithuania.

That day, Malta managed 43% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Andrei Agius (23').

Lithuania had 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Vykintas Slivka (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Zaven Hovjannisyan.

💡 Prediction

Lithuania and Malta could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We therefore see a close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the conclusion of the game.

Lucas Pereira, 15:00 07/06/2025