Malta
1 - 3
Russia

Mbong (56')
Corbolan (90+2')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Dzyuba (23'), Fernandes (35'), Sobolev (90')
Zhemaletdinov (62')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Malta and Russia, 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 Russia win with a probability of 47.89%. A win for Malta had a probability of 26.31% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Russia win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.26%) and 0-2 (8.82%). The likeliest Malta win was 1-0 (8.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.25%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 4.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Russia would win this match.

Result
Malta	Draw	Russia
26.31%	25.78%	47.89%

Both teams to score 50.64%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.15%

52.84%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.53%

74.46%

Malta Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.98%

35.02%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.23%

71.76%

Russia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.93%

22.07%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.58%

55.41%

Score Analysis

Malta 26.32%

Russia 47.89%

Draw 25.78%

Malta	Draw	Russia
1-0 @ 8.11% 2-1 @ 6.43% 2-0 @ 4.25% 3-1 @ 2.25% 3-2 @ 1.7% 3-0 @ 1.49% Other @ 2.09% Total : 26.32%	1-1 @ 12.25% 0-0 @ 7.73% 2-2 @ 4.86% Other @ 0.95% Total : 25.78%	0-1 @ 11.67% 1-2 @ 9.26% 0-2 @ 8.82% 1-3 @ 4.66% 0-3 @ 4.44% 2-3 @ 2.45% 1-4 @ 1.76% 0-4 @ 1.68% 2-4 @ 0.92% Other @ 2.22% Total : 47.89%