Malta vs Greece prediction and betting tips on June 11, 2024
Game Prediction
On June 11, 2024, a friendly match between the national teams of Malta and Greece will take place. For both sides, after this test match the current football season will finally end.
Malta vs Greece: key statistics and trends
- Malta is winless in 7 previous matches.
- Greece lost only twice in its 5 previous matches.
- Malta’s last home victory over the Greeks was in 1975.
- Greece wins the first half in 40% of matches.
Malta – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Ioanites” were able to win twice last year: that happened in the battles against Gibraltar and even Luxembourg. Still, those were friendly matches, and they lost all the matches, both to England, Italy and Ukraine, and to the Macedonians in the official ones, in the qualification.
The team managed to at least stop losing to everyone in 2024. It was close to victory in the game against Slovakia, but the opponent pulled out a 2-2 draw. The match with the Belarusians brought no goals at all. And Czech Republic scored 7 times in the match at this training camp!
Greece – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Hellas” were very close to returning to the big tournament for the first time in decades. That is not about the standard qualification – both the French and the Dutch were stronger in 2023. Still, the team played in the play-offs in March. Having confidently won in the game against Kazakhstan, which conceded 5 goals, then the team stumbled against the Georgians: a 0-0 draw in regular and extra time in Tbilisi, and lost in a penalty shoot-out.
That failure ended Gus Poyet’s work here. The management didn’t find a replacement for him – the youth team’s mentor performs the duties. It seemed like it turned out well against Germany, but the team, having opened the score, unfortunately lost with a 1-2 result due to a goal in the 89th minute of the game.
Malta: team news
The main star, Teuma, missed a lot in 2024 due to injury.
Greece: team news
Tzavelas ended his international career.
Malta vs Greece: Possible starting line-ups
Malta (possible line-up): Bonello – Muscat, Pepe, Shaw – Guillaumier, Muscat, Reid, Yankam – Mbong, Nwoko, Zammit Lonardelli.
Greece (possible line-up): Vlachodimos – Retsos, Hatzidiakos, Mavropanos, Rota – Mantalos, Kourbelis, Pelkas, Bakasetas, Masouras – Pavlidis.
Previous head-to-head matches: Malta vs Greece
“The Ioanites” won only once, in 1975. Still, they, after 4 defeats in a row, were able to at least draw with their neighbours in the last but one year.
Free prediction for the match Malta vs Greece
The nominal guests are clearly stronger, and it’s time for them to win. We bet on their victory with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.63).