Finland vs Malta
Ref: J. Weinberger
Match recap
Malta beat Finland 1–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Grech scored for Malta. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 3.10 for Finland versus 0.11 for Malta.
Second Half
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Pohjanpalo
65'
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Mbong
⇄
Marhiev
⇄
Mahuta
⇄
Källman
⇄
Antman
79'
⇄
Mbong
79'
⇄
Muscat
81'
⚽
Grech
Assist: Chouaref
88'
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Pepe
88'
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Cardona
Match Statistics
FinlandMalta
10Won
Statistical edge
10–4
battles won across 14 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
3.10VS0.11
Attack5 · 1 won
16
Shots
4
8
Shots on target
1
15
Shots in the box
1
1
Shots outside box
3
3
Shots off goal
1
9
Corners
1
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
61%
Possession
39%
563
Total passes
360
490
Accurate passes
276
87%
Pass accuracy
77%
Discipline0 · 2 won
15
Fouls
9
1
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
6
5
Blocked shots
2
Finland
4-1-4-1
Malta
4-2-3-1
Finland
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 2J. LähteenmäkiD
- 5M. TenhoD
- 6L. WaltaM
- 7O. AntmanM
- 11A. MarhievM
- 12V. SinisaloG
- 14K. KairinenM
- 15R. MahutaD
- 19B. KällmanM
- 20J. PohjanpaloF
- 21V. KoskiD
Substitutes
- 1L. HrádeckýG
- 3J. NiskaD
- 4R. IvanovD
- 8R. LodM
- 9N. SkyttäM
- 10T. PukkiF
- 13O. JukkolaF
- 16A. SuhonenM
- 18T. KeskinenF
- 22N. PyyhtiäM
- 23L. BergströmG
Malta
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1H. BonelloG
- 5K. ShawD
- 6M. GuillaumierM
- 7J. MbongM
- 8P. MbongM
- 11I. CardonaF
- 13E. PepeD
- 20I. ChouarefM
- 22Z. MuscatD
Substitutes
- 2J. BorgD
- 3A. OverendD
- 4J. CarragherD
- 9J. GrechM
- 10B. PaiberM
- 12M. DebonoG
- 14Gabriel MentzD
- 15M. BeermanD
- 17A. ZammitF
- 18Y. YankamM
- 19T. BuhagiarF
Finland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Antman | M | 78 | 7.9 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3/5 |
| Leo Walta | M | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Ryan Mahuta | D | 73 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2/6 |
| Juho Lähteenmäki | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Kaan Kairinen | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Miro Tenho | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Markhiev | M | 73 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3/6 |
| Benjamin Källman | M | 78 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/3 |
| Ville Koski | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel Pohjanpalo(C) | F | 61 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1/1 |
| Viljami Sinisalo | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Lucas Bergström | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Niklas Pyyhtiä | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukáš Hrádecký | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anssi Suhonen | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jussi Niska | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Ivanov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Topi Keskinen | F | 12 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Naatan Skyttä | M | 17 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oiva Jukkola | F | 17 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Robin Lod | M | 29 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Teemu Pukki | F | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
Malta
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Bonello | G | 90 | 9.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kurt Shaw | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zach Muscat | D | 79 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Satariano | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Matthew Guillaumier(C) | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ylyas Chouaref | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Juan Corbalan | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Paul Mbong | M | 79 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Enrico Pepe | D | 88 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joseph Mbong | M | 65 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Irvin Cardona | F | 88 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Myles Beerman | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jean Borg | D | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trent Buhagiar | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matthias Debono | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rashed Al-Tumi | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Paiber | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Carragher | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrea Zammit | F | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yannick Yankam | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jake Grech | M | 11 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Adam Magri Overend | D | 25 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Mentz | D | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |