Malta VS Lithuania ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Malta vs Lithuania
Malta and Lithuania join forces at Ta’Qali National Stadium in a meeting for the World Cup – Europe Qualifiers (Round 1). The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years between the two teams could not be more balanced, since there was 1 victory for each team of the last 2 times that they met. Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Malta Team News
After 8 defeats, the home team is currently in 6th place, without having won any point. In the last match, they lost by (2-0) away against Scotland, after in the previous match to have lost by (0-4) at home with England. This is a team affected by the house factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 1 win, 2 draws and 12 defeats as a visitor, with 4 goals scored and 29 conceded, against 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 home defeats, with 11 goals scored and 31 conceded. In the last 4 home games for the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Malta have 4 losses.
In this competition, it registers a sequence of 8 defeats in the last departures. The team has not been very strong defensively, as they have always conceded goals in the last 8 games, and their attack needs to improve because they have not been able to achieve in 6 of the last 8 matches in this competition. The team has had trouble scoring first. In fact, he failed to score the first goal in any of the last eight World Cup qualifiers. In 8 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Malta vs Lithuania Stats
Malta occupies only the 191st place in the ranking, it is one of the 4 selections that do not win a point in these European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup and arrives to be last round with no chance of classification. The poor but expected campaign in the qualifiers can be explained by both offensive and defensive fragility, as in 8 rounds scored only 2 goals and suffered 21, the worst numbers of Group F both in attack and defense. Playing at home, as on this Thursday, the team has been easy prey, since in the 4 games as principal for the qualifiers, scored only 2 goals and suffered 13 and was not even close to achieving at least one point even in front of their fans.
Lithuania Team News
After 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses, the visiting team is currently in 5th place with 5 points won. In the last match, they lost by (4-0) away against Slovenia, after the previous match, have lost by (0-3) at home with Scotland. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 draws and 11 defeats as a visitor; against 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. In the last four matches he played in the World Cup qualifiers, Lithuania drew 1 and lost 3.
For this competition, he has recorded a 5-game losing streak in recent games and has not won any of the last 4 games outside his home stadium. The team conceded goals in 7 of the last 8 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 8 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score.
Lithuania have no chance of qualifying for the World Cup in Russia, coming from 5 consecutive defeats in the qualifiers and now looking to finish the match in a dignified manner. The team has encountered serious offensive problems, scored only 1 goal in the last 5 games and has the second worst Group F attack while the defense is the second most leaked with 18 goals conceded, and in the last 5 games suffered 15 goals. Playing away from home, like the match on Thursday, Lithuania has been easy prey, accumulating only 1 point in 12 played and it is worth noting that it is the selection that suffered the most goals away from home in group F.
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