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Malta v Netherlands : World Cup Qualifying Europe match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 9th Oct, 19:45 BST, Ta'Qali National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Malta and Netherlands meet at the Ta'Qali National Stadium on Thursday evening, with both Emilio Fajardo Maldonado and Ronald Koeman hoping for success in the World Cup Qualifying Europe. World Cup Qualifying Europe statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. There's so much to explore, with data visualisations and odds available for seventeen major betting markets via the tabs.

Best Tip: Netherlands to win

This one could be one way traffic and, unfortunately for the hosts, that way is Netherlands's. We predict Thursday's visitors to Ta'Qali National Stadium will have too much for their hosts, and it's a view backed up by each side's respective recent form stats, head-to-head (H2H) records and the odds from bookmakers too. They make an away win in the win / draw / win market the most likely final result, and are offering a best price of 1.07.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 92% chance of Netherlands coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Malta 2%	-	46.00 77%
Draw 5%	-	15.00 15%
Netherlands 92%	-	1.06 1%
Netherlands 3-0 13%	-	5.50 5%
Netherlands 4-0 12%	-	6.00 8%
Netherlands 2-0 11%	-	6.00 14%
Netherlands 5-0 9%	-	8.00 11%
Netherlands 3-1 6%	-	12.00 9%
Netherlands 6-0 6%	-	12.00 20%
Netherlands 1-0 6%	-	8.50 13%
Netherlands 4-1 6%	-	15.00
Netherlands 2-1 5%	-	13.00 18%
Netherlands 5-1 4%	-	17.00 11%
Netherlands 7-0 3%	-	19.00 17%
Netherlands 6-1 3%	-	26.00 10%
Draw 1-1 3%	-	21.00 11%
Draw 0-0 2%	-	21.00 9%
Netherlands 8-0 1%	-	29.00 29%
Over 2.5 Goals 78%	-	1.30 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 21%	-	3.25 13%
Home 1st Goal 27%	-	9.00 29%
Away 1st Goal 72%	-	1.07 3%
No 1st Goal 1%	-	19.00 17%
BTTS - Yes 35%	-	3.20 3%
BTTS - No 64%	-	1.30 2%
BTTS - Home Win 1%	-	46.00 35%
BTTS - Draw 4%	-	17.00 13%
BTTS - Away Win 30%	-	3.60
Home/draw 7%	-	10.00 18%
Away/draw 98%	-	1.00
Home/away 94%	-	1.02
Over 1.5 Goals 92%	-	1.09 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 8%	-	6.50 8%
Over 3.5 Goals 60%	-	1.75 10%
Under 3.5 Goals 40%	-	1.95 11%
Over 4.5 Goals 40%	-	2.62 15%
Under 4.5 Goals 59%	-	1.44 8%
Over 5.5 Goals 24%	-	4.20 24%
Under 5.5 Goals 76%	-	1.20 7%
Over 0.5 Goals 98%	-	1.00
Under 0.5 Goals 2%	-	21.00 9%
Home DNB 5%	-	29.00 53%
Away DNB 96%	-	1.00
Malta win to nil 1%	-	-
Netherlands win to nil 62%	-	-
Malta / Malta 2%	-	41.00 58%
Malta / Netherlands 3%	-	26.00 24%
Malta / Draw 2%	-	41.00 41%
Draw / Malta 2%	-	41.00 21%
Draw / Netherlands 20%	-	4.20 7%
Draw / Draw 6%	-	15.00
Netherlands / Malta 1%	-	91.00 28%
Netherlands / Netherlands 62%	-	1.33
Netherlands / Draw 2%	-	34.00

Group G table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Malta Netherlands
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Date	Date
1	Netherlands	4	3	1	0	11	10	Oct 9	-
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	4	10	Nov 17	d 1-1F
3	Finland	5	2	1	2	-2	7	l 0-1A	Oct 12
4	Lithuania	5	0	3	2	-2	3	d 0-00-0	Nov 17
5	Malta	5	0	2	3	-11	2	-	w 8-0F

Win / draw / win form

Netherlands have not lost in 8 consecutive games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

3 / 7

Conceded

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

Failed to score

4 / 7

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Malta	0 - 0	Lithuania
Malta	0 - 1	Finland
Malta	0 - 6	Slovakia
Malta	1 - 7	Croatia
Malta	0 - 4	Slovenia
Malta	3 - 0	Cyprus
Malta	1 - 3	Russia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

6 / 15

Conceded

13 / 15

Clean sheets

2 / 15

Failed to score

9 / 15

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Malta	1 - 1	Lithuania
A	Malta	0 - 8	Netherlands
H	Malta	0 - 0	Lithuania
A	Malta	0 - 2	Poland
H	Malta	0 - 1	Finland
H	Malta	0 - 6	Slovakia
H	Malta	1 - 7	Croatia
A	Malta	2 - 2	Cyprus
H	Malta	0 - 4	Slovenia
A	Malta	0 - 2	Russia
A	Malta	0 - 1	Slovenia
H	Malta	3 - 0	Cyprus
A	Malta	0 - 3	Croatia
A	Malta	2 - 2	Slovakia
H	Malta	1 - 3	Russia

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

7 / 7

Conceded

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

Failed to score

0 / 7

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lithuania	2 - 3	Netherlands
Finland	0 - 2	Netherlands
Montenegro	2 - 2	Netherlands
Latvia	0 - 1	Netherlands
Norway	1 - 1	Netherlands
Gibraltar	0 - 7	Netherlands
Turkey	4 - 2	Netherlands

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 14

Conceded

6 / 14

Clean sheets

8 / 14

Failed to score

0 / 14

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Netherlands	3 - 2	Lithuania
H	Netherlands	1 - 1	Poland
H	Netherlands	8 - 0	Malta
A	Netherlands	2 - 0	Finland
H	Netherlands	2 - 0	Norway
A	Netherlands	2 - 2	Montenegro
H	Netherlands	6 - 0	Gibraltar
A	Netherlands	1 - 0	Latvia
H	Netherlands	6 - 1	Turkey
H	Netherlands	4 - 0	Montenegro
A	Netherlands	1 - 1	Norway
A	Netherlands	7 - 0	Gibraltar
H	Netherlands	2 - 0	Latvia
A	Netherlands	2 - 4	Turkey

Goal Statistics

Scoring more than 1 goal looks unlikely for Malta, with E. Fajardo Maldonado's men failing to score in 3 consecutive World Cup Qualifying Europe games.

	Malta	Netherlands
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.4 goals	3.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 64% 1 29% 2 3 4+ There is a 64% probability that Malta will fail to score	2 17% 3 21% 4 19% 5 14% 6+ 28% There is a 29% probability that Netherlands will score 6 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
7 home / away league games	=0 Malta’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Netherlands’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.7 average goals scored	2.6 average goals scored
	3.0 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

MLT

NED

63%

better

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Games scored	8		18
Failed to score	12		2
Scored first	6		12
Goals scored	10		49
Avg. goals scored	0.5		2.5
Avg. shots per game	7		12
Avg. shots per goal	14		5
Conversion rate for	7		21
Avg. XG for	0.9		1.9
KickOff rating		+63%

MLT

NED

21%

better

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Games conceded	13		13
Clean sheets	7		7
Conceded first	11		7
Goals conceded	37		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.9		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.1
KickOff rating		+21%

The line-ups for the World Cup Qualifying Europe match between Malta v Netherlands will show here when available.

Malta World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	1	1	2
H Bonello	A Satariano	A Overend	P Mbong

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
H Bonello GLK	5			-
P Mbong FWD	5			2 -
J Mbong FWD	5			-
A Satariano FWD	5	1		1 -
E Pepe DEF	4			-
Z Muscat DEF	4			2 -
A Overend DEF	4		1	-
M Guillaumier MID	4			2 -
K Shaw DEF	3			1 1
M Beerman DEF	3			1 -
I Chouaref FWD	3			1 1
J Jones FWD	3			-
J Corbalan FWD	3			-
J. Azzopardi MID	2			1
G Mentz DEF	1			-
J Borg DEF	1			-
K. Ewurum MID	1			-
J Grech MID	1			1 -
B Paiber MID	1			-
I Cardona FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	4	1	1
A Satariano	P Mbong	A Overend	J Mbong

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Satariano FWD	1	3
P Mbong FWD		4
J Mbong FWD		1		1
Z Muscat DEF		1
A Overend DEF			1	1
M Guillaumier MID		1
K Shaw DEF		1
I Chouaref FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
205	12	26
M Guillaumier	M Guillaumier	A Satariano

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Guillaumier MID	205	12	23
H Bonello GLK	155		2
E Pepe DEF	134	4	16
A Satariano FWD	127	10	26
Z Muscat DEF	114	5	18
J Mbong FWD	110	9	22
P Mbong FWD	90	5	19
I Chouaref FWD	87	7	26
K Shaw DEF	78	1	4
G Mentz DEF	39		1
J Jones FWD	31	1	10
B Paiber MID	25	1	1
A Overend DEF	23	1	4
M Beerman DEF	22		1
J Corbalan FWD	22	1	4
I Cardona FWD	19	1	5
K. Ewurum MID	9
J Grech MID	6
J. Azzopardi MID	4
J Borg DEF	1

Netherlands World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	5	2	1
V Dijk	M Depay	D Dumfries	T Reijnders

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Dijk DEF	4	1		-
M Ven DEF	4	1	1	-
D Dumfries DEF	4	2	2	-
S Vrij DEF	4			-
C Gakpo FWD	4		2	-
W Weghorst FWD	4			-
M Depay FWD	4	5	2	-
T Reijnders MID	3			1 -
X Simons MID	3	1		-
R Gravenberch MID	3			-
F Jong MID	3		2	-
D Malen FWD	3	2	1	-
J Kluivert FWD	3			-
B Verbruggen GLK	2			-
M Flekken GLK	2			-
J Hecke DEF	2			1 -
N Aké DEF	2			-
Q Timber MID	2	1		-
J Frimpong DEF	1			-
J Timber DEF	1			-
J Schouten MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	7	2	5
M Depay	M Depay	D Dumfries	C Gakpo

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Depay FWD	5	7	2	1
D Dumfries DEF	2	5	2	2
D Malen FWD	2	3	1	1
V Dijk DEF	1	1		1
M Ven DEF	1	1	1	1
X Simons MID	1	1		1
Q Timber MID	1	1
S Vrij DEF				1
C Gakpo FWD		3	2	5
T Reijnders MID		1		1
F Jong MID		1	2
J Kluivert FWD				1
J Frimpong DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
388	7	22
V Dijk	F Jong	V Dijk

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
V Dijk DEF	388	6	22
F Jong MID	291	7	15
R Gravenberch MID	243	5	12
D Dumfries DEF	202	6	17
S Vrij DEF	180	2	12
J Hecke DEF	159	1	3
M Ven DEF	129	6	13
C Gakpo FWD	129	2	17
M Depay FWD	120	1	6
T Reijnders MID	120	2	3
N Aké DEF	104	2	6
X Simons MID	97	3	11
J Schouten MID	72	2	6
M Flekken GLK	65
D Malen FWD	49	1	7
B Verbruggen GLK	49
J Kluivert FWD	44		1
Q Timber MID	37	3	7
J Frimpong DEF	31		2
J Timber DEF	29		1
W Weghorst FWD	17	1	6