Malta vs Poland
Ref: Igor Pajač, Croatia
Match recap
Poland beat Malta 3–2 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Cardona and Teuma scored for Malta; Lewandowski, Wszołek, and Zieliński replied for Poland. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.15 for Malta versus 1.32 for Poland.
First Half
5'
Wiśniewski
Yellow Card
17'
Zalewski
Yellow Card
32'
⚽
Lewandowski
Assist: Zieliński
⚽
Cardona
Teuma
Yellow Card
Second Half
46'
⇄
Zalewski
⇄
Mbong
Satariano
Yellow Card
⇄
Muscat
59'
⚽
Wszołek
Assist: Lewandowski
66'
VAR
Goal cancelled
⚽
Teuma
Penalty
⇄
Cardona
⇄
Teuma
78'
⇄
Wszołek
78'
⇄
Wiśniewski
78'
⇄
Slisz
85'
⚽
Zieliński
Assist: Kapustka
⇄
Mentz
90+2'
⇄
Kamiński
Match Statistics
MaltaPoland
2Won
Statistical edge
2–11
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.15VS1.32
Attack2 · 4 won
10
Shots
18
8
Shots on target
4
9
Shots in the box
8
1
Shots outside box
10
1
Shots off goal
7
4
Corners
9
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
42%
Possession
58%
353
Total passes
488
285
Accurate passes
415
81%
Pass accuracy
85%
Discipline0 · 1 won
7
Fouls
6
2
Yellow cards
2
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 2 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
5
1
Blocked shots
7
Malta
4-2-3-1
Poland
3-4-2-1
Malta
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1H. BonelloG
- 3R. CamenzuliD
- 4Gabriel MentzD
- 5K. ShawD
- 6M. GuillaumierM
- 7J. MbongM
- 10T. TeumaM
- 11I. CardonaF
- 20I. ChouarefM
- 22Z. MuscatD
Substitutes
- 2J. BorgD
- 8P. MbongF
- 9J. GrechM
- 12M. DebonoG
- 13E. PepeD
- 14A. ZammitF
- 15M. BeermanD
- 17A. OverendD
- 18B. PaiberM
- 19T. BuhagiarF
Poland
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 3P. WiśniewskiD
- 4T. KędzioraD
- 9R. LewandowskiF
- 10P. ZielińskiM
- 13J. KamińskiF
- 14J. KiwiorD
- 15P. WszołekM
- 17B. SliszM
- 19M. SkóraśM
- 21N. ZalewskiF
- 22B. DrągowskiG
Substitutes
- 1M. KochalskiG
- 2M. CashD
- 5J. ZiółkowskiD
- 6K. SzcześniakD
- 7K. ŚwiderskiF
- 8B. KapustkaM
- 11K. GrosickiM
- 12K. GrabaraG
- 16A. BuksaF
- 18B. BereszyńskiD
- 20F. Rózga
- 23K. KozłowskiM
Malta
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ylyas Chouaref | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7/9 |
| Irvin Cardona | F | 77 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1/1 |
| Alexander Satariano | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5/8 |
| Teddy Teuma | M | 77 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Zach Muscat | D | 54 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matthew Guillaumier(C) | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Kurt Shaw | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Henry Bonello | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Mentz | D | 87 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Camenzuli | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Joseph Mbong | M | 45 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jake Grech | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jean Borg | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Myles Beerman | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matthias Debono | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rashed Al-Tumi | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Paiber | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrea Zammit | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Mbong | F | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Trent Buhagiar | F | 14 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enrico Pepe | D | 13 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Corbalan | F | 36 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Magri Overend | D | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
Poland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piotr Zieliński | M | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1/2 |
| Bartłomiej Drągowski | G | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Lewandowski(C) | F | 90 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/4 |
| Bartosz Slisz | M | 78 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Paweł Wszołek | M | 78 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Michał Skóraś | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2/3 |
| Jakub Kamiński | F | 89 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Nicola Zalewski | F | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3/3 |
| Tomasz Kędziora | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jakub Kiwior | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Przemysław Wiśniewski | D | 78 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Kryspin Szcześniak | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan Ziółkowski | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Buksa | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kacper Kozłowski | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mateusz Kochalski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kamil Grabara | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matty Cash | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Karol Świderski | F | 45 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Bartosz Kapustka | M | 12 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Filip Rózga | M | 9 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Bartosz Bereszyński | D | 12 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Kamil Grosicki | M | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |