Malta vs England Prediction: There will be no sensation

Malta has never beaten England in their history, and their last meeting was over five years ago and ended in defeat. The Maltese are now in good spirits after winning the friendlies - will they be able to put up a fight against the favourites in the qualifying group?

It will be difficult for the Maltese team to score any points in the current Euro qualifiers, not to mention victories. The team is gradually making progress, there have been some good friendlies and a sensation in the Nations League, but there are no opponents to beat in the group. They have already lost away to Northern Macedonia, and in fact, they are to face England, Italy, and Ukraine. Now they are also missing one of their leaders. Teddy Teouma, who can move to French side Reims, was injured and missed out on the national side's roster. Despite this, the Maltese side still broke their three-game losing streak and beat Luxembourg 1:0 in a friendly. Kyrian Nwoko scored the decisive goal. As for the last official match, the Maltese team failed to cope with the Italians - 0:2.

England had already beaten Italy (2:1) and Ukraine (2:0) at the start of UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying, making a serious bid for the final. Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane scored high points in those games, and both will appear in the national team's starting line-up. On the other hand, Jude Bellingham and Lewis Dunk will not appear in the squad at the last minute because of injuries. Reece James and Mason Mount, who came to the national side's previous training camp, have also not been called up. They will face Malta and Northern Macedonia, so the losses are not critical. The English have suffered only one defeat in 8 games, which happened in the World Cup quarterfinals, so overall, the team is very stable.

The Maltese have already created several sensations in matches against the average European football. They beat Israel and had a draw against Greece, and the victory over Luxembourg should not be underestimated either. Nevertheless, Malta does not know how to play against the giants. The Italians conceded two goals in the first half, while the Croatians gave them seven goals a year and a half ago. England has an easy calendar this summer while assembling a reasonably strong squad. The English won three games by huge margins in the previous tournament, facing tough sides from Iran, Senegal, and Wales.