Malta vs Ukraine Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th October 2023

Malta and Ukraine meet on Tuesday at Ta' Qali, as the final rounds of the qualifying group stage approaches. The visitors are fighting for a place at the Euro's in 2024, while Malta have succumbed to finishing bottom of a group one again. Malta took a hit when Ukraine handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win.

We have arrived at the last round of the group stage qualifying with Malta having earned zero points along the way. This places them as number five, while Ukraine rank as number three on ten. Ukraine travel to this game against Malta as number 24 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number 171.

Malta have so far played three home matches and lost all three without scoring a single goal. Ukraine need a win as they have played one more match than both Italy and England.

Malta vs Ukraine Prediction

Malta Form

Malta have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 1-0 victory against Gibraltar. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-2 against North Macedonia, before handing over all three points in a 4-0 defeat against Italy. Malta claimed a modest two wins in their past six internationals. They also drew zero and lost four, scored two goals and conceded 11.

Ukraine Form

Ukraine claimed four points in their last three matches, starting by a 1-1 draw with England. A 2-1 defeat against Italy was next up, before beating North Macedonia by 2-0. Ukraine won half their previous six internationals, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding eight.

An away win for Ukraine is the obvious choice and with the attacking qualities on display here, we have our target set on a high scoring affair at Ta' Qali.

Malta vs Ukraine Team News

Malta have nearly their entire roster available for their match against Ukraine at Ta' Qali, with only one potential absentee.

Sidelined with an injury, Malta can't field Teddy Teuma this coming Tuesday against Ukraine.

Ukraine will have only one absentee when they travel to face Malta at Ta' Qali.

Andriy Lunin won't be travelling with Ukraine this time, as he nurses an injury.

Malta vs Ukraine H2H

The latest match between Malta and Ukraine was a close affair with Ukraine grapping a small 1-0 away win.

Malta vs Ukraine Results

Malta vs Ukraine Betting Tips

Despite scoring just once in six European Championship games, Malta still expects Joseph Mbong to add to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Ukraine put their faith in Andriy Yarmolenko to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six European Championship games.

Ta' Qali saw Malta winning three, drawing one and losing six of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Ukraine won five of their 10 most recent away games, drew one and lost four. Ukraine managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played away from home. Meanwhile, Malta were first on target in three of their last 10 outings on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Malta, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Ukraine played across all tournaments. They scored 1.6 times on average in the process.