Cyprus vs Malta Predictions

• The hosts have conceded in their last six matches and have conceded the first goal in each of those.
• There has been at least three goals in seven of Malta’s last nine matches.
• Cyprus hasn’t kept a clean sheet in any of their matches against Malta.

Pressure off in Larnaca

These two sides will merely be playing for pride when they go head-to-head in Larnaca as they sit bottom and second-bottom respectively.

It was always going to take some monumental fortune for the hosts to challenge at the top of this group and the reality is, they just aren’t at that level and their qualification campaign has gone exactly as expected, winning once, drawing once and losing five.

In a similar vein, Malta have endured an extremely poor qualifying campaign. They have an identical record to Cyprus and are only above them on goal difference. The side ranked 171st in the rankings have been woeful throughout and have conceded 15 goals in their seven qualifying matches thus far.

The visitors will have some confidence going into this one, however, as their best moment throughout this campaign arrived in the form of a 3-0 win over the Cypriots last month.

With nothing left to play for, there is absolutely no pressure. Given that both of them are horrific defensively, the onus will be on the attacks of both sides to make things happen. These two aren’t familiar with keeping clean sheets and as such we’re expecting both teams to find the back of the net.