Netherlands vs Malta
Ref: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea, Spain
Match recap
Netherlands beat Malta 8–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Depay, Depay, van Dijk, Simons, Malen, Lang, Malen, and van de Ven scored for Netherlands. Netherlands held 65% possession to 35% for Malta.
First Half
VAR
Penalty confirmed
⚽
Depay
Penalty
⚽
Depay
Assist: Dumfries
⚽
van Dijk
Assist: de Jong
34'
Teuma
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Gravenberch
46'
⇄
Unknown
⇄
Gakpo
46'
⇄
Overend
56'
Guillaumier
Yellow Card
60'
⇄
Teuma
⚽
Simons
Assist: Depay
⇄
Kluivert
Lang
Yellow Card
⇄
Depay
⚽
Malen
Assist: van de Ven
⚽
Lang
Assist: Malen
⇄
Dumfries
⚽
Malen
Assist: de Jong
81'
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Unknown
81'
⇄
Camenzuli
⚽
van de Ven
Match Statistics
NetherlandsMalta
13Won
Statistical edge
13–1
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack5 · 0 won
27
Shots
5
9
Shots on target
2
22
Shots in the box
0
5
Shots outside box
5
11
Shots off goal
2
6
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
65%
Possession
35%
610
Total passes
336
562
Accurate passes
272
92%
Pass accuracy
81%
Discipline2 · 1 won
12
Fouls
15
1
Yellow cards
2
3
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence2 · 0 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
7
Blocked shots
1
Netherlands
4-2-3-1
Malta
4-2-3-1
Netherlands
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 4V. van DijkD
- 6S. de VrijD
- 7X. SimonsM
- 8R. GravenberchM
- 10M. DepayF
- 11C. GakpoM
- 15M. van de VenD
- 19J. KluivertM
- 21F. de JongM
- 22D. DumfriesD
- 23M. FlekkenG
Substitutes
- 1K. ScherpenG
- 2L. GeertruidaD
- 3J. van HeckeD
- 5N. AkéD
- 9W. WeghorstF
- 12J. FrimpongD
- 13N. OlijG
- 14T. ReijndersM
- 17N. LangF
- 18D. MalenF
- 20M. WiefferM
Malta
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1H. BonelloG
- 2A. OverendM
- 3R. CamenzuliD
- 4Gabriel MentzD
- 6M. GuillaumierM
- 7J. MbongM
- 8P. MbongF
- 10T. TeumaM
- 18J. CarragherD
Substitutes
- 5K. ShawD
- 9B. TumaF
- 11J. JonesF
- 13E. PepeD
- 14K. NwokoF
- 15M. BeermanD
- 17J. AzzopardiM
- 19K. EwurumM
- 22B. PaiberM
Netherlands
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Depay | F | 72 | 9.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0/1 |
| Xavi Simons | M | 94 | 9.2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2/4 |
| Micky van de Ven | D | 94 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Virgil van Dijk(C) | D | 94 | 8.7 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Frenkie de Jong | M | 94 | 8.3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | M | 45 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Stefan de Vrij | D | 94 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Cody Gakpo | M | 45 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3/4 |
| Denzel Dumfries | D | 79 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Mark Flekken | G | 94 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Kluivert | M | 62 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jeremie Frimpong | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nick Olij | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kjell Scherpen | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tijjani Reijnders | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nathan Aké | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Donyell Malen | F | 22 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Noa Lang | F | 49 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Wout Weghorst | F | 32 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lutsharel Geertruida | D | 15 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mats Wieffer | M | 49 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Malta
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mbong | F | 94 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Matthew Guillaumier(C) | M | 94 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2/2 |
| Teddy Teuma | M | 60 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Adam Magri Overend | M | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Alexander Satariano | M | 81 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/2 |
| Joseph Mbong | M | 94 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Gabriel Mentz | D | 94 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Carragher | D | 94 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Corbalan | D | 45 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Camenzuli | D | 82 | 5.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Henry Bonello | G | 94 | 4.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Carlo Zammit Lonardelli | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kyrian Nwoko | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rashed Al-Tumi | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Sissons | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Paiber | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keyom Ewurum | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enrico Pepe | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basil Tuma | F | 49 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Myles Beerman | D | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jodi Jones | F | 34 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Jake Azzopardi | M | 13 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kurt Shaw | D | 49 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |