World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage

Sep 1, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Malta
3 - 0
Cyprus

Attard (43', 54'), Mbong (46')
Mbong (18'), Shaw (50'), Mbong (58')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Soteriou (5'), Papoulis (45+4')
Soteriou (40')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Malta and Cyprus, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 Malta win with a probability of 40.17%. A win for Cyprus had a probability of 36.86% and a draw had a probability of 23%.

The most likely scoreline for a Malta win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.18%) and 2-0 (5.24%). The likeliest Cyprus win was 1-2 (8.08%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.99%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Malta would win this match.

Result
Malta	Draw	Cyprus
40.17%	22.96%	36.86%

Both teams to score 65.42%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

64.28%

35.72%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

42.21%

57.79%

Malta Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.64%

18.36%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.52%

49.48%

Cyprus Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.13%

19.86%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.03%

51.97%

Score Analysis

Malta 40.17%

Cyprus 36.86%

Draw 22.96%

Malta	Draw	Cyprus
2-1 @ 8.47% 1-0 @ 6.18% 2-0 @ 5.24% 3-1 @ 4.78% 3-2 @ 3.87% 3-0 @ 2.96% 4-1 @ 2.03% 4-2 @ 1.64% 4-0 @ 1.25% Other @ 3.75% Total : 40.17%	1-1 @ 9.99% 2-2 @ 6.84% 0-0 @ 3.65% 3-3 @ 2.08% Other @ 0.4% Total : 22.96%	1-2 @ 8.08% 0-1 @ 5.9% 0-2 @ 4.76% 1-3 @ 4.35% 2-3 @ 3.69% 0-3 @ 2.57% 1-4 @ 1.76% 2-4 @ 1.49% 0-4 @ 1.04% Other @ 3.24% Total : 36.86%

How you voted: Malta vs Cyprus

Malta

23.8%

Draw

21.3%

Cyprus

54.9%