World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage

Jun 10, 2025 at 7.45pm UK

Euroborg

Netherlands
8 - 0
Malta

Depay (9' pen., 16'), van Dijk (20'), Simons (61'), Malen (74', 80'), Lang (78'), van de Ven (90+2')
Lang (64')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Teuma (34'), Guillaumier (56')

The Match

Preview

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

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how the Netherlands could line up for Tuesday's 2026 World Cup qualifier against Malta in Groningen.

Form, Standings, Stats

Netherlands

All competitions

Last Game: Spain 3-3 Netherlands (5-4 pen.)
Sunday, March 23 at 7.45pm in Nations League

Next Game: Finland vs. Netherlands
Saturday, June 7 at 7.45pm in World Cup Qualifying - Europe

Current League A3 Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Germany	6	14	14
2	Netherlands	6	6	9
3	Hungary	6	-7	6
4	Bosnia-Herzegovina	6	-13	2

Malta

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Poland 2-0 Malta
Monday, March 24 at 7.45pm in World Cup Qualifying - Europe

Next Game: Malta vs. Lithuania
Saturday, June 7 at 5pm in World Cup Qualifying - Europe

Current League D2 Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Moldova	0	0	0
2	Malta	0	0	0
3	Andorra	0	0	0

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Netherlands win with a probability of 83.11%. A draw has a probability of 11.5% and a win for Malta has a probability of 5.41%.

The most likely scoreline for a Netherlands win is 2-0 with a probability of 12.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 3-0 (12.02%) and 1-0 (8.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline is 1-1 (5.45%), while for a Malta win it is 0-1 (1.91%).

Result
Netherlands	Draw	Malta
83.11% ( -1.51)	11.48% ( 0.82)	5.41% ( 0.69)

Both teams to score 43.5% (

1.62)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

67.55% (

-0.77)

32.45% (

0.77)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

45.91% (

-0.9)

54.09% (

0.91)

Netherlands Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.28% (

-0.42)

5.72% (

0.42)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

77.92% (

-1.22)

22.08% (

1.23)

Malta Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

46.14% (

1.91)

53.87% (

-1.91)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

12.81% (

1.15)

87.19% (

-1.15)

Score Analysis

Netherlands 83.1%

Malta 5.41%

Draw 11.48%

Netherlands	Draw	Malta
2-0 @ 12.61% ( -0.14) 3-0 @ 12.02% ( -0.46) 1-0 @ 8.81% ( 0.14) 4-0 @ 8.61% ( -0.57) 2-1 @ 7.8% ( 0.36) 3-1 @ 7.44% ( 0.15) 4-1 @ 5.32% ( -0.03) 5-0 @ 4.93% ( -0.47) 5-1 @ 3.05% ( -0.1) 6-0 @ 2.35% ( -0.29) 3-2 @ 2.3% ( 0.17) 4-2 @ 1.65% ( 0.08) 6-1 @ 1.45% ( -0.09) 7-0 @ 0.96% ( -0.15) 5-2 @ 0.94% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.86% Total : 83.1%	1-1 @ 5.45% ( 0.39) 0-0 @ 3.08% ( 0.13) 2-2 @ 2.41% ( 0.24) Other @ 0.53% Total : 11.48%	0-1 @ 1.91% ( 0.18) 1-2 @ 1.69% ( 0.21) Other @ 1.82% Total : 5.41%