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Malta vs Venezuela Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies
by Joseph King | in Football Predictions
The 58th FIFA ranked team Venezuela takes on 169th ranked Malta in this international friendly at the Ta’ Qali Stadium. Venezuela are coming off a 1-0 home loss to Colombia in their last match which wrapped up a disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign. La Vinotinto finished with a record of three wins, one draw and 14 losses while posting a group worst -20 goal differential. Venezuela has now lost its last three matches on the bounce, only managing to find the net once in that stretch while giving up eight goals. Their opponents didn’t fare much better in their respective World Cup qualifying group, as Malta finished with only one win, two draws and seven losses with a -21 goal differential. Malta, to their credit, are actually coming off two consecutive wins with two clean sheets against Azerbaijan and Kuwait so should be in high spirits ahead of this one.
The recent victories will come as a huge morale boost as Malta had previously only picked up one point from six matches to close out their qualifying group, with a couple of heavy home losses thrown in. The final three home matches for Malta in World Cup qualifying finished 6-0, 7-1 and 4-0 to Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia, respectively. Venezuela should fancy their chances of walking away with a morale-boosting win in this friendly match, despite the match taking place away from home in Malta. It’s important to consider the level of competition when looking at results from national teams and Venezuela has had a tough run of fixtures. Their last three losses were against sub-20 FIFA ranked teams and were able to pick up an easy win the last time they faced a team ranked higher than 50th by beating Bolivia 4-1.
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Malta vs Venezuela Form
Malta and Venezuela Last Matches
0/6 (0%)
1/6 (17%)
5/6 (83%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
14 Nov 2021 - World Cup
11 Nov 2021 - World Cup
11 Oct 2021 - World Cup
8 Oct 2021 - World Cup
7 Sep 2021 - World Cup
4 Sep 2021 - World Cup
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
4/6 (67%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
14 Nov 2021 - World Cup
11 Nov 2021 - World Cup
8 Oct 2021 - World Cup
1 Sep 2021 - World Cup
24 Mar 2021 - World Cup
17 Nov 2020 - UEFA Nations League
1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
3/6 (50%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
11 Oct 2021 - World Cup
7 Sep 2021 - World Cup
4 Sep 2021 - World Cup
30 Mar 2021 - World Cup
27 Mar 2021 - World Cup
13 Oct 2020 - UEFA Nations League
1/6 (17%)
0/6 (0%)
5/6 (83%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
29 Mar 2022 - World Cup
25 Mar 2022 - World Cup
1 Feb 2022 - World Cup
28 Jan 2022 - World Cup
16 Nov 2021 - World Cup
11 Nov 2021 - World Cup
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
4/6 (67%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
29 Mar 2022 - World Cup
28 Jan 2022 - World Cup
16 Nov 2021 - World Cup
10 Oct 2021 - World Cup
7 Oct 2021 - World Cup
2 Sep 2021 - World Cup
0/6 (0%)
0/6 (0%)
6/6 (100%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Mar 2022 - World Cup
1 Feb 2022 - World Cup
11 Nov 2021 - World Cup
14 Oct 2021 - World Cup
9 Sep 2021 - World Cup
5 Sep 2021 - World Cup
Players list
J. Galea
DefenderM. Veselji
S. Borg
Z. Muscat
MidfielderL. Gambin
J. Brown
T. Teuma
R. Camenzuli
D. Vella
J. Busuttil
ForwardL. Montebello
W. Farinez
DefenderJ. Chancellor
R. Rosales
Y. Cumana
N. Ferraresi
MidfielderT. Rincon
Y. Soteldo
C. Casseres Jr
J. Martinez
ForwardA. Penaranda
F. Aristeguieta
Substitutes
H. Bonello
C. Formosa
DefenderM. Veselji
C. Attard
S. Borg
F. Apap
MidfielderD. Vella
N. Muscat
J. Busuttil
L. Gambin
J. Corbalan
L. Montebello
D. Gil Malave
J. Graterol
DefenderR. Rosales
J. Mejias
P. Bonilla
M. Navarro
MidfielderC. Casseres Jr
J. Martinez
T. Rincon
A. Penaranda
E. Gallardo
F. Aristeguieta
Malta - Venezuela Key Points
- This will be the first ever meeting between the two sides.
- Malta have found the net in four of their last five while Venezuela have scored in three of their last five.
- The last time Malta beat a team with a FIFA ranking below 100 was in 2017 when they triumphed 1-0 over Ukraine in a friendly.
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Our Malta vs Venezuela Prediction
Despite the back-to-back wins for Malta, we have seen what happens when they face competent teams regardless of whether or not they have home field advantage. Venezuela had a disappointing qualifying campaign but the CONMEBOL group is arguably the toughest qualification group in world football and this is still a side that possesses quality players. Back the superior team in Venezuela to get the job done and the win in this match.
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