Predicted Edge

Malta v Eswatini

Malta won 2 of the last 3Eswatini won 0 of the last 5
Over 1.5
81%
Over 2.5
59%
Over 3.5
37%
Both score
61%
Model pick
Malta 44%
Likely score
1-1 11%
Expected goals
1.68 – 1.38

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

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11 selections across the match result, Asian handicap, total goals, both teams to score and correct score, each with our probability and fair price beside the best price available and the gap between them. Published for everyone once the day is over.

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Malta favoured against Eswatini

Our model makes Malta 44% to win this Friendlies fixture, with the draw at 25% and Eswatini at 31%. The goal projection is 1.68 for Malta against 1.38 for Eswatini — a clear edge to Malta on expected output. A combined 3.06 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 59% and both teams to score at 61%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 11%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Note that even our favoured side is under 45% to win outright, so this is a fixture where the draw does a lot of work and confident calls are not warranted. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores
1-1 11%
2-1 9%
1-2 7%
1-0 7%
2-0 7%

This season

Season records for Malta and Eswatini
Malta Eswatini
3Played10
2-1-0W-D-L0-3-7
2.33Pts / game0.30
1.33Goals for / game0.60
0.67Goals against / game1.90
33%Over 2.550%
67%BTTS30%
33%Clean sheets10%
0%Failed to score70%
1-1-0Home record0-3-2
1-0-0Away record0-0-5
W1StreakL1

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Malta · Eswatini

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
14.0Shots—
6.3Shots on target—
5.3Corners—
2.33Cards—
14.0Fouls—
59Possession %—
—xG—
4 matchessample—

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
11.3Shots—
3.3Shots on target—
3.0Corners—
3.00Cards—
16.0Fouls—
41Possession %—
—xG—
4 matchessample—

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
MaltaMetricEswatini
1.60 (better)Goals scored0.60
0.40 (better)Goals conceded2.20
2.08Expected goals (xG)
Big chances
6.33Shots on target
14.00Total shots
Touches in opp. box
5.33Corners
58.7Possession %
500Passes
Tackles
14.00Fouls
2.33Offsides
Throw-ins
2.33Yellow cards1.67 (better)
Red cards0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

No previous meetings on record.