Italy vs Malta Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th October 2023

As the European Championship qualification stage nears its end, Italy and Malta will be locking horns at Stadio San Nicola this coming Saturday. Stranded with no chance of seeing the tournament next year, the latter arrive here trying to save face, while the former have it all to play for. Italy not only managed to beat Malta in their last three meetings in the European Championship. They also kept a clean sheet on the way, winning 2-0, 1-0 and 1-0. Italy go into the game on Saturday at the best betting odds of 1/15 for a fourth win on the trot.

As the sixth round of this group approaches, Italy hold the number two spot with seven points, while Malta have zero points, ranking them as number five. According to Fifa Italy look into their fixture with Malta as number nine in the world ranking. The visitors sit as number 171.

This is a must win game for Italy who are in with a great chance of going clear of their followers in this group. Malta have so far lost every match and a sixth defeat awaits.

Italy vs Malta Prediction

Italy Form

Italy look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Netherlands by 2-3, before drawing 1-1 with North Macedonia. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Ukraine 2-1. Italy show off three wins from their previous six internationals, while drawing one. They also lost two and scored ten while conceding eight times.

Malta Form

It is all or nothing with Malta, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 1-0 against Ukraine, before beating Gibraltar 1-0. Unable to build on that, they lost 0-2 against North Macedonia. In their last six internationals Malta won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying nine goals conceded and two scored.

We expect Italy to make home advantage count but equally, we do not expect a festival of goals against Malta. Hence, our punt on the home win in a match with no more than three goals.

Italy scored at least once in their previous six successive games.

Italy vs Malta Team News

Italy are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Malta.

Italy are unable to field Federico Chiesa this coming Saturday against Malta, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Italy vs Malta H2H

When these two nations last faced off against each other in the European Championship, Italy ended up taking the glory in a 2-0 win 26 March 2023. Italy claimed five wins against Malta in the last five encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Italy vs Malta Results

Italy vs Malta Betting Tips

Davide Frattesi has three strikes in six European Championship matches for Italy, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Malta. The visitors are looking to Joseph Mbong, who has provided his team with one European Championship goals.

Italy collected four wins, drew two and lost four in the 10 most games across all tournaments at Stadio San Nicola. Malta won two of their previous 10 away, drew two and lost six times. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Italy managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the games at Stadio San Nicola, Malta kept their hosts from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Italy saw five of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Malta's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.