Andorra vs Malta Match Analysis and Prediction

Andorra vs Malta Match Analysis & Prediction

Andorra

10/09/2024 9:45 pm

Malta

by Vincent

9 months ago 0 126

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Andorra get their UEFA Nations League campaign underway on Tuesday night when they host Malta at Estadi Nacional in a League D match.

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In a three-team section, Andorra had no opponents on matchday one, so their Nations League campaign begins here on home soil, looking to end a two-year winless run.

Not since a victory over Liechtenstein in this tournament back in 2022 have Andorra tasted success, losing 14 of their 18 matches since.

The most recent of those losses came last Wednesday, suffering a 1-0 defeat to League D’s other inactive team on matchday one, Gibraltar.

Andorra are yet to make their way out of the bottom tier in the three previous iterations of the Nations League, but this could be their best chance.

Moldova will provide a stern test, but starting at home to Malta, the section’s lowest-ranked side, gives Andorra the opportunity to make a bright start.

Meanwhile, Malta’s last competitive wins came in the previous Nations League campaign, home and away against San Marino, and this is likely going to be their best chance to end that run.

That is after Michele Marcolini’s side were comfortably beaten in Chisinau by group-favourites Moldova on Saturday, going down two goals to nil, creating a meagre 0.15 xG across the 90 minutes.

Keeping tight at the back is going to be their only route to success, given their troubles in attack, but Malta have proven tough to break down for other sides in League D.

Malta may have lost away from home at the weekend, but in their previous five Nations League matches, they have kept three clean sheets, including one on their trip here in 2020.

Andorra vs. Malta Head to head

In the previous four meetings between these two teams, Malta have claimed one victories while they have drawn in three.

08/02/2000

Malta

1

Andorra

1

Friendlies
27/03/2002

Malta

1

Andorra

1

Friendlies
10/10/2020

Andorra

0

Malta

0

Nations League
14/11/2020

Malta

3

Andorra

1

Nations League
10/09/2024

Andorra

N/A

Malta

N/A

Nations League

Andorra Team News

The man to watch in the Andorra team will be attacker Berto Rosas, who plays in the Spanish third tier for the club of the same name, and has four goals already in just 16 caps.

Captain Marc Pujol continues to lead his nation in midfield, as the 42-year-old made his 118th cap against Gibraltar, but he is still 19 short of matching the Andorra record set by Ildefons Lima.

Andorra's Last 5 Matches

22/03/2024

Andorra

1

South Africa

1

Friendlies
26/03/2024

Bolivia

1

Andorra

0

Friendlies
05/06/2024

Spain

5

Andorra

0

Friendlies
11/06/2024

Northern Ireland

2

Andorra

0

Friendlies
04/09/2024

Gibraltar

1

Andorra

0

Friendlies

Malta Team News

Malta are without one of their standout individuals, as Notts County’s Jodi Jones refused a call up yet again this week, after also opting to turn down his nation during the summer.

Reims’ Teddy Teuma was only fit enough to start from the bench on Saturday, having only just returned from injury, but the midfielder could be included from the start here and will be a great addition to the side.