Cyprus Malta betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 6^th position, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses. In the penultimate round, they have lost an away match against Slovakia by (2‑0). In the last round, they have lost a home match against Croatia by (0‑3). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 30 conceded; against 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 24 conceded. In the last 4 WC Qualification Europe home matches Cyprus has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.

They haven’t won any of the last 4 matches for this competition. They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 5 of the last 7 matches, and their offense needs to do better, since they haven’t scored goals in 6 of the last 7 matches for this competition. This is a team that has had problems scoring first, since they have only opened up the score once in the last 15 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 12 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

The Cyprus team enters this game with a defeat, by 0-3, against Croatia, thus adding the fourth defeat followed in this qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup. Cyprus is a team that likes to play with a high block , looking to recover the ball in other people's land. When he invests in the offensive process, he usually does it through the left runner, with the intention of taking advantage of the speed of winger Ioannis Pittas. For this game the home team cannot count on Kostakis Artymatas and Andreas Avraam, both suspended.

Confirmed Lineup: Neofytos Michail, Marios Dimitriou, Stelios Andreou, Konstantinos Sotiriou, Marios Antoniadis, Nikolas Ioannou, Charalampos Kyriakou, Grigoris Kastanos, Fotis Papoulis, Loizos Loizou, Pieros Sotiriou.
Coach: T. Ketsbaia.