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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 8 - Group F

Hampden Park - Glasgow - Scotland

September 04, 2017

Scotland

2 - 0

Malta

Assist by Leigh GriffithsChristophe Berra

Assist by James MorrisonLeigh Griffiths

49'

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9' - Goal Christophe Berra9

30' - Yellow card Ryan Fenech

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46' - Substitution James McArthuris substituted by James Morrison46

49' - Goal Leigh Griffiths49

56' - Substitution Charlie Mulgrewis substituted by Grant Hanley56

70' - Substitution Leigh Griffithsis substituted by Chris Martin70

71' - Substitution André Schembriis substituted by Luke Gambin

85' - Substitution Bjorn Kristensenis substituted by Paul Fenech

86' - Substitution Steve Borgis substituted by Alex Muscat

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Scotland

2 - 0

Malta

Scotland Malta

Team line-ups

Scotland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

6McArthur46

James McArthur

Scotland

B.date07/10/1987

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

9Griffiths4970

Leigh Griffiths

Scotland

B.date20/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11Forrest

James Forrest

Scotland

B.date07/07/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Armstrong

Stuart Armstrong

Scotland

B.date30/03/1992

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Phillips

Matt Phillips

Scotland

B.date13/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Brown

Scott Brown

Scotland

B.date25/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m65

positionRight central midfielder

2Tierney

Kieran Tierney

Scotland

B.date05/06/1997

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

3Robertson

Andrew Robertson

Scotland

B.date11/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Mulgrew56

Charlie Mulgrew

Scotland

B.date06/03/1986

Age31 years

H1m91

positionLeft full-back

4Berra9

Christophe Berra

Scotland

B.date31/01/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

1Gordon

Craig Gordon

Scotland

B.date31/12/1982

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Craig Gordon		34	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Christophe Berra	9	32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Charlie Mulgrew	56	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andrew Robertson		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kieran Tierney		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	F	James McArthur	46	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Brown		32	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Matt Phillips		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	James Forrest		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Stuart Armstrong		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Leigh Griffiths	4970	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Effiong

Alfred Effiong

Malta

B.date29/11/1985

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

10Schembri71

André Schembri

Malta

B.date27/05/1986

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

21Pisani

Steve Pisani

Malta

B.date07/08/1992

Age25 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

18Kristensen85

Bjorn Kristensen

Malta

B.date05/04/1993

Age24 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Ryan Fenech30

Ryan Fenech

Malta

B.date20/04/1986

Age31 years

positionCentre Midfield

19Zerafa

Joseph Zerafa

Malta

B.date31/05/1988

Age29 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

4Steve Borg86

Steve Borg

Malta

B.date15/05/1988

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

13Zach Muscat

Zach Muscat

Malta

B.date22/08/1993

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

5Agius

Andrei Agius

Malta

B.date12/08/1986

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

3Magri

Sam Magri

Malta

B.date30/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m84

positionDefender

1Hogg

Andrew Hogg

Malta

B.date02/03/1985

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andrew Hogg		32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Steve Borg	86	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Sam Magri		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andrei Agius		31	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Zach Muscat		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Joseph Zerafa		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bjorn Kristensen	85	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Steve Pisani		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Ryan Fenech	30	31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	André Schembri	71	31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Alfred Effiong		31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Jordan Archer		24
12	G	Allan McGregor		35
15	D	Grant Hanley	56	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Russell Martin		31
18	M	James Morrison	46	31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	John McGinn		22
13	M	Ikechi Anya		29
17	M	Robert Snodgrass		29
16	M	Matt Ritchie		27
20	M	Ryan Fraser		23
19	F	Chris Martin	70	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Steven Naismith		30

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Henry Bonello		27
22	D	Michael Johnson		23
2	D	Alex Muscat	86	32	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luke Gambin	71	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paul Fenech	85	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Clayton Failla		31
16	M	Clyde Borg		25
14	F	Jean-Paul Farrugia		25
9	F	Michael Mifsud		36

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alfred Effiong

Jean-Paul Farrugia

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Strachan vs Malta

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Strachan vs Ghedin

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Pietro Ghedin

Success rate in this team:

16 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

16 %

Ghedin vs Scotland

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Ghedin vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Referee

Jakob Kehlet

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Scotland2 matches	General total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Scotland1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2019					Latest figure on September 04, 2017

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Key figures

Scotland keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Malta in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 17/02/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Scotland keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Malta in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 17/02/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Scotland keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 10/06/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/09/2015-11/10/2015 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

	2	Slovakia	15 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Slovenia	14 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Scotland	14 pts	8 rd
	5	Lithuania	5 pts	8 rd
	6	Malta	0 pt	8 rd

General ranking

	2	Slovakia	15 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Slovenia	14 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Scotland	14 pts	8 rd
	5	Lithuania	5 pts	8 rd
	6	Malta	0 pt	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DScotland 2-2 Poland08/10/2015

VScotland 1-0 Denmark29/03/2016

DScotland 1-1 Lithuania08/10/2016

DScotland 1-1 Canada22/03/2017

VScotland 1-0 Slovenia26/03/2017

DScotland 2-2 England10/06/2017

Overall

LSlovakia 3-0 Scotland11/10/2016

LEngland 3-0 Scotland11/11/2016

DScotland 1-1 Canada22/03/2017

VScotland 1-0 Slovenia26/03/2017

DScotland 2-2 England10/06/2017

VLithuania 0-3 Scotland01/09/2017

Current form

Away

LNorway 2-0 Malta10/10/2015

LAustria 2-1 Malta31/05/2016

DEstonia 1-1 Malta31/08/2016

LEngland 2-0 Malta08/10/2016

LLithuania 2-0 Malta11/10/2016

LSlovenia 2-0 Malta10/06/2017

Overall

LMalta 0-1 Slovenia11/11/2016

LMalta 0-2 Iceland15/11/2016

LMalta 1-3 Slovakia26/03/2017

VUkraine 0-1 Malta06/06/2017

LSlovenia 2-0 Malta10/06/2017

LMalta 0-4 England01/09/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	13	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	15	2
Drawless streak	3	9
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	15	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	6
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.29
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.71
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robert Snodgrass	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Alfred Effiong
Leigh Griffiths	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Robert Snodgrass	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Leigh Griffiths	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Gareth Sciberras
Grant Hanley	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Leigh Griffiths	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Jean-Paul Farrugia

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

13 gf

5 ga

Total

6 matches

5 v

1 d

0 l

16 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

13 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

6 matches

0 v

1 d

5 l

5 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 04, 2016
Home	3 - 0	February 17, 1993

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 04, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Malta

1 - 5

Scotland

June 01, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997

Malta

2 - 3

Scotland

November 17, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Malta

0 - 2

Scotland

February 17, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Scotland

3 - 0

Malta

May 28, 1990 - Rencontres amicales 1990

Malta

1 - 2

Scotland

Best historical scorers against Malta

Robert Snodgrass	3 goals	2016 - 2016
Alan McInally	2 goals	1990 - 1990
Ally McCoist	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Darren Jackson	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Pat Nevin	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Colin Hendry	1 goal	1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Scotland

Alfred Effiong

1 goal

2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Gary McAllister	4 matches	1990 - 1997
Jim Leighton	4 matches	1988 - 1997
Tommy Boyd	3 matches	1993 - 1997
Ally McCoist	3 matches	1988 - 1993
John Collins	3 matches	1990 - 1997
Dave McPherson	2 matches	1990 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Scotland

Nicky Saliba	2 matches	1993 - 1993
Silvio Vella	2 matches	1993 - 1993
Joe Brincat	2 matches	1993 - 1993
David Cluett	2 matches	1993 - 1993
Joe Galea	2 matches	1993 - 1993
Alexander Busuttil	2 matches	1993 - 1993