Slovakia VS Malta ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
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PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Slovakia vs Malta
Slovakia and Malta play for Štadión Antona Malatinského in a World Cup qualifier – Europa (Round 1). The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, which in the last 2 matches won 2. In this match the home factor could play a decisive role, as Malta has shown differences in performance in their games at home and as a visitor.
Slovakia Team News
The home team is currently in 3rd place with 15 points earned after 5 wins and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to England by (2-1). In the last match, lost out to Scotland by (1-0). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside of its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last 4 home games in the World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia have won 3 and lost 1. In their home matches there is a tendency to few goals, as 6 of their last 12 matches ended with less than 1.5 gols.
Slovakia vs Malta Stats
Slovakia are in the final round needing a win anyway to try to qualify as second place in the qualifiers and thus have a chance to play in the playoffs that are worth a place in the 2018 World Cup. who put her in a difficult situation and need to find her best football to continue having hopes. The team is characterized by a reasonable attack that has scored 14 goals and is the third best of Group F, while the defense has been performing well and has only conceded 7 goals in 9 games, although it is worth mentioning that he has conceded goals in 4 of his last 5 qualifying matches. Playing at home, as this Sunday’s clash, Slovakia come from 3 consecutive victories and it is worth noting that they did not concede goals in any of these games. For the confrontation against Malta, coach Jan Kozak will not be able to count on striker Róbert Mak, who was sent off in the last round.
Malta Team News
The visiting team is currently in 6th place, with 1 point earned, after 1 draw and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, lost out to Scotland by (2-0). In the last match, they tied at home to Lithuania by (1-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 1 win, 2 draws and 12 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 4 goals scored and 29 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses, with a total of 11 goals scored and 30 conceded. In the last 4 games as a visitor to the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Malta have 4 losses.
For this competition, do not win does 9 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded at least one goal in each of the last 9 games for this competition. In their away games there is a tendency to have goals, since 9 of their last 10 games finished with More than 1.5 goals. This is a team that has presented difficulties in making the first goal and that only managed to open the scoring once in the last 9 games in the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe. In 9 games in this competition, he never managed to come back on the scoreboard in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Malta is only the 191th place in the FIFA rankings, it has been having a bad but expected campaign in the qualifiers, it has not won a single game in 9 rounds, and it arrives at this last round already unpretentious in those qualifiers. The poor performance can be explained by the fragility of both the offensive and defensive systems, having scored only 3 goals, being the worst attack of Group F, and suffered 22 goals, having the defense more leaked, showing the fragility of the selection as a whole . Playing away from home, such as this Sunday’s match, the team lost all their games by 2 goals difference and the most worrying is that it did not score any goal in the 4 rounds away from their domains. For the clash with Slovakia, coach Pietro Ghedin has no problem with suspensions or injuries and should repeat the team that won the first point in the last round against Lithuania.
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