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Malta national football team
Friendlies 1
Mar 21, 2024 at 6pm UK
Ta'Qali National Stadium
Slovenia national football team

Malta
2 - 2
Slovenia

Guillaumier (54'), Pisani (58')
Pisani (51'), Montebello (66'), Pepe (74'), Mbong (75'), Muscat (84')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Sporar (28'), Sesko (81')
Kurtic (75')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's friendly clash between Malta and Slovenia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Last Game: England 2-0 Malta
Friday, November 17 at 7.45pm in Euro Champ Qualifying
Current Group C Standings P GD PTS
1England81820
2Italy8714
3Ukraine8314
4North Macedonia8-108
5Malta8-180
All competitions
International Friendlies
Last Game: USA 0-1 Slovenia
Saturday, January 20 at 8pm in International Friendlies

We said: Malta 0-3 Slovenia

Slovenia are in superb form, and despite Malta's recent improvement, another defeat is on the cards for the tiny nation. Kek's men have lost just three of their last 14 away games, while they have won six of their previous seven across all venues, and another victory should be added to that run here. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Slovenia win with a probability of 56.87%. A draw had a probability of 24.4% and a win for Malta had a probability of 18.69%.

The most likely scoreline for a Slovenia win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (11.43%) and 1-2 (9.45%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.47%), while for a Malta win it was 1-0 (6.97%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 3.9% likelihood.

Result
MaltaDrawSlovenia
18.69% (0.004999999999999 0) 24.45% (-0.00099999999999767 -0) 56.87% (-0.0049999999999955 -0)
Both teams to score 45.39% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
44.93% (0.0039999999999978 0)55.07% (-0.0050000000000026 -0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
23.67% (0.0030000000000001 0)76.33% (-0.0039999999999907 -0)
Malta Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
56.22% (0.0069999999999979 0.01)43.78% (-0.0079999999999956 -0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
20.06% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)79.94% (-0.0079999999999956 -0.01)
Slovenia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
80.74% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)19.26%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
49.01% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)50.99% (0.00099999999999767 0)
Score Analysis
    Malta 18.69%
    Slovenia 56.85%
    Draw 24.45%
MaltaDrawSlovenia
1-0 @ 6.97%
2-1 @ 4.74% (0.0010000000000003 0)
2-0 @ 2.88% (0.00099999999999989 0)
3-1 @ 1.31% (0.00099999999999989 0)
3-2 @ 1.07%
Other @ 1.73%
Total : 18.69%
1-1 @ 11.47%
0-0 @ 8.43% (-0.0019999999999989 -0)
2-2 @ 3.9% (0.0010000000000003 0)
Other @ 0.64%
Total : 24.45%
0-1 @ 13.88% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-2 @ 11.43% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
1-2 @ 9.45%
0-3 @ 6.28% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
1-3 @ 5.19%
0-4 @ 2.59% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
2-3 @ 2.14%
1-4 @ 2.14%
Other @ 3.76%
Total : 56.85%

How you voted: Malta vs Slovenia

Malta
14.8%
Draw
14.8%
Slovenia
70.4%
27
Head to Head
Oct 8, 2021 7.45pm
Group Stage
Malta
0-4
Slovenia

Mbong (66'), Satariano (88')
Ilicic (27', 60'), Sporar (49'), Sesko (67')
Sep 4, 2021 5pm
Group Stage
Slovenia
1-0
Malta
Lovric (44' pen.)
Kurtic (12')

Pepe (43'), Satariano (45'), Montebello (77'), Muscat (86')
May 26, 2020
1am
Jun 10, 2017 5pm
Group Stage
Slovenia
2-0
Malta
Ilicic (45'), Novakovic (84')
Nov 11, 2016 7.45pm
Group Stage
Malta
0-1
Slovenia
Verbic (47')
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