Malta vs. Andorra - prediction, team news, lineups

Without a triumph against Malta successful recorded history, Andorra question to the National Stadium for Sunday’s UEFA Nations League match.  

Given the lack of jeopardy, with each broadside successful some League D groups advancing to League C, some teams person small astatine involvement this play but for gathering momentum successful antithetic capacities.

Match preview

While Malta are to summation promotion to League C successful the Nations League, they were astir a shoo-in to execute this, fixed their trajectory.  

Luxembourg defeated the Reds successful the promotion playoffs successful the erstwhile edition, but Malta person begun this year’s contention successful beardown form, securing a 2-1 triumph implicit Andorra and drafting with Gibraltar.  

Although determination is small oregon nary jeopardy for however Sunday’s lucifer plays out, Emilio De Leo’s broadside person 2 important factors riding connected the effect successful Ta’ Qali.  

Malta person faced Andorra 7 times successful recorded past and person avoided decision successful each 7 encounters, achieving 3 wins successful their past four, having drawn successful the archetypal 3 meetings.  

If they debar decision for the eighth clip successful their upcoming Nations League match, the ongoing unbeaten tally would bolster their momentum for the challenges that prevarication ahead.

Indeed, the location supporters volition backmost their squad to travel done the 3rd matchday undefeated, not slightest due to the fact that of humanities precedent but besides owed to the Bishops’ caller results.  

Koldo Alvarez’s men person not secured a triumph successful 4 matches crossed some competitory and non-competitive fixtures, losing 3 of those games.  

Compounding the Tricolours’ struggling signifier is the long-standing contented with scoring, arsenic Andorra has recovered the nett successful lone 2 of their past 10 matches crossed each competitions.  

During that stretch, they managed conscionable 1 victory, highlighting their trouble successful producing some performances and results, which has led to 7 defeats successful those matches.  

These results accent the Tricolours’ dire concern up of their adjacent match, arsenic the deficiency of firepower leaves visitors with small accidental earlier facing the Reds.  

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Team News

Malta bash not person immoderate wounded concerns to code earlier Sunday, allowing De Leo the afloat squad for matchday three.  

Irvin Cardona and Teddy Teuma were successful fantabulous signifier successful the reverse fixture a fortnight ago, each scoring and assisting, and they volition purpose to beryllium pivotal again successful the reverse match.  

On the flanks, Ylas Chouaref has the imaginable to power the game, and the winger volition beryllium looking for different beardown show astatine Andorra’s expense.  

The visitors’ hopes whitethorn hinge connected Guillaume Lopez, who netted successful the reverse fixture, bringing him to 5 goals successful 3 matches astatine that time, but helium has since failed to people against Gibraltar and Lithuania.  

Albert Rosas and Jordi Alaez have, however, scored much planetary goals — 5 and 4 respectively — than Lopez, whose extremity against Malta was lone his 2nd for the Bisbes.

Malta imaginable starting lineup:

Bonello; Corbalan, Shaw, Pepe, Camenzuli; Guillaumier, Satariano; Mbong, Teuma, Chouaref; Cardona

Andorra imaginable starting lineup:

Alvarez; Font, Llovera, Olivera, Nicolas; Planes, Muller; Alaez, Lopez, Rodrigo; Garcia 

We say: Malta 2-0 Andorra

Although the upcoming format changes person diminished competitory stakes, Malta volition beryllium keen to widen their ascendant humanities grounds successful beforehand of a passionate location crowd.  

With Teuma and Cardona orchestrating the onslaught against an Andorran broadside desperately struggling for goals, the Reds are expected to person acold excessively overmuch prime and unafraid a comfy triumph successful Ta’ Qali.

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