TA’QALI. Slovakia overcomes Malta 6-0 after playing a incredible match. Slovakia was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (70%) was among the factors of its victory.
Also, Malta had 2 players sent off: R. Camenzuli (47′ for a double yellow card) and T. Teuma (51′ for a double yellow card).
The match was played at the Ta’Qali National Stadium stadium in Ta’Qali on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Fran Jović who was helped by Hrvoje Radic and Bojan Zobenica. The 4th official was Dario Bel.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Slovakia had a superior ball possession 70% while Malta was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Slovakia was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 16 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Slovakia won the contest.
Malta shot 1 times, 0 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Slovakia shot 26 times, 16 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Malta received 4 yellow cards (A. Satariano, J. Mbong, T. Teuma and R. Camenzuli). Talking about the opposition, Slovakia didn’t receive any yellow card.
Malta had 2 players sent off: T. Teuma (51′ for double yellow card) and R. Camenzuli (47′ for double yellow card).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Malta will stay with 5 points like Cyprus to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Slovakia will have 14 points like Slovenia to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Malta – Formation
Malta
78'
47'
51'
Malta started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Devis Mangia decided to play with the following team: Henry Bonello , Zach Muscat , Kurt Shaw , Jean Borg , Cain Attard , Matthew Guillaumier , Teddy Teuma , Ryan Camenzuli , Joseph Mbong , Alexander Satariano and Paul Mbong .
The home team had on the bench: Luke Gambin, Jurgen Degabriele, Jake Grech, Shaun Dimech , Bjorn Kristensen , Matthew Grech, Jake Galea, Stephen Pisani, Tristan Caruana , Andrei Agius, Karl Micallef and Luke Montebello .
Substitutions
Malta made 5 changes: A. Satariano for L. Montebello (54′), P. Mbong for B. Kristensen (55′), J. Borg for K. Micallef (78′), J. Mbong for T. Caruana (85′) and M. Guillaumier for S. Dimech (85′).
Best player: Henry Bonello
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Malta was the goalkeeper: Henry Bonello. His rating is 7.00. He performed 10 saves.
Slovakia – Formation
Slovakia
6', 16'
Slovakia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Stefan Tarkovic played with: Martin Dúbravka , Martin Koscelník , Ľubomír Šatka , Milan Škriniar , Dávid Hancko , Stanislav Lobotka , Tomáš Suslov , Albert Rusnák , Ondrej Duda , Lukáš Haraslín and David Strelec .
These were the players on the bench: Jakub Holúbek, Dušan Kuciak, Marek Rodák, Jakub Hromada , Róbert Boženík , Róbert Mak , Erik Jirka, Vernon De Marco , Matúš Bero and Ladislav Almási .
Substitutions
Slovakia made 5 changes: L. Haraslin for R. Mak (61′), D. Strelec for L. Almasi (61′), S. Lobotka for J. Hromada (70′), D. Hancko for V. De Marco (70′) and M. Koscelnik for R. Bozenik (77′).
Best player: Albert Rusnák
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Slovakia was Albert Rusnák.
His rating is with 2 goals, 71 passes (94% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Croatia – Russia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovakia – 0-6
- Slovenia – Cyprus – 2-1
- Armenia – Germany – 1-4
- Liechtenstein – Romania – 0-2
- North Macedonia – Iceland – 3-1
- Portugal – Serbia – 1-2
- Luxembourg – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
- Greece – Kosovo – 1-1
- Spain – Sweden – 1-0
