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Cyprus vs Malta match stats & report

2–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 8 · AEK Arena - George Karapatakis, Larnaca · Ref D. Higler

Cyprus stats & fixtures · Malta stats & fixtures

Cyprus drew with Malta 2–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Europe (Group Stage - 8) on 11 October 2021. Malta had 53% of the ball.

Cyprus vs Malta match statistics

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Goals and cards

  1. -5' Yellow card N. Muscat Malta
  2. 6' Goal Fotis Papoulis (assist C. Kyriakou) Cyprus
  3. 53' Goal Z. Muscat (assist S. Pisani) Malta
  4. 58' Yellow card M. Demetriou Cyprus
  5. 80' Yellow card T. Teuma Malta
  6. 80' Goal Pieros Sotiriou (assist Ioannis Pittas) Cyprus
  7. 90+1' Yellow card Pieros Sotiriou Cyprus
  8. 90+7' Yellow card Nikolas Ioannou Cyprus
  9. 90+8' Goal J. Degabriele (assist T. Teuma) Malta

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Cyprus

Confirmed 3-4-3 N. Kostenoglou

Bench A. Kakoullis , Ioannis Pittas , A. Gogić , N. Panagiotou , P. Psaltis , M. Ilia , A. Keravnos , D. Demetriou , M. Tzionis , Rafail Mamas

Malta

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 D. Mangia

Bench S. Pisani , K. Shaw , S. Dimech , J. Degabriele , Jake Galea , D. Vella , K. Micallef , A. Overend , L. Gambin , N. Muscat , D. Xuereb , M. Grech

Form guide

Cyprus at home

3–1–3 in 7 matches

Scored
1.6 per game
Conceded
1.7 per game
Clean sheets
1 / 7
Corners
4.3 per game
Shots on target
3.5 per game

18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Malta away

3–0–2 in 5 matches

Scored
1.2 per game
Conceded
1.2 per game
Clean sheets
2 / 5
Corners
3.0 per game
Shots on target
4.7 per game

50% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Cyprus vs Malta head-to-head

DateMatchScore
Malta v Cyprus 3–0

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Cyprus vs Malta head-to-head record