Malta vs. Sweden – Score prediction (12.10.2019)

Overview.

Malta (FIFA Rank #179) host Sweden (#18) in this European Championship qualifying (ECQ) group match, with just one win across their last 22 matches (W1, D5, L16). They failed to score in 14 of those 22 games (averaging 0.41 goals scored per fixture), and just one of those matches saw Malta score multiple goals. The trend is the same in ECQs too, with Malta failing to score in ten of their last 12. Furthermore, seven of Malta’s last nine ECQ home games have also seen them fail to score. On the other hand, they haven’t kept a clean sheet in an ECQ game since doing so against the Czech Republic back in October 1994.

Sweden’s 4-0 win versus the Faroe Islands in their last ECQ away game was their largest win margin on the road since September 2017. It also boosted their average goals scored per ECQ fixture this campaign to 2.17, setting them up nicely to record a 13th consecutive H2H victory over Malta here (GF 45, GA 2). On the road, the visitors are unbeaten in four of their last five ECQ fixtures (W2, D2, L1), and have seen their last three ECQ away victories come ‘to nil’, just like each of their previous seven competitive H2Hs against Malta.

Match Info.

Competition: EUROPE: Euro – Qualification – Round 7
Kick off: 12.10.2019, 18:45 UTC.
Venue: Ta’Qali National Stadium (Ta’ Qali).
Referee: TBD.

Quick Facts.

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