San Marino-Malta : Preview & Prediction
San Marino started the first day of the Nations League, League D, with a 2-0 defeat in Estonia on Thursday evening. Constantini’s team lost the first game in Tallinn with two goals from Kirss (24th) and Tamm (32nd). San Marino suffered its 16th defeat in a row after previous failures in the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar against Andorra (0-3), Hungary (4-0) and England (0-10) and in friendly matches against Lithuania (1-2) and Cape Verde (0-2) on 28 March. Since October 2016, this modest team has lost 48 of its last 50 matches, with two draws. Malta, ranked 169th in the world against 211th for its opponent of the day, should leave with the 3 points of the win in Serravalle. The Maltese team, after two heavy home defeats in the World Cup qualifiers against Croatia (1-7) and Slovakia (0-6), performed well in the friendly matches in March and June. Mangia’s charges beat Azerbaijan (1-0) and Kuwait (2-0) before losing to Venezuela (0-1) on 1 June in Ta’Qali. In this mini three-way league, Malta is expected to play Estonia for first place.
Malta won their only opposition against San Marino (3-2) in 2012.
San Marino have lost 48 of their last 50 matches (2 draws).
Malta have won 2 of their last 3 matches.
Malta have lost only 3 of their last 7 away games in official competition.
San Marino are coming off a heavy home defeat to England (0-10) in their last World Cup qualifier.
The logic should be respected and Malta should return to its island with the 3 points of the victory.
San Marino-Malta : Betting Tips
Malta – Win & Over 2.5 Goals Odds:2.00
