Head to head

China vs Malta

If they played today

China at home

60% / 22% / 18%

China win / draw / Malta win

China–Malta

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.9%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

China win / draw / Malta win

China–Malta

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Malta at home

44% / 26% / 30%

China win / draw / Malta win

China–Malta

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	China	Malta
Current Elo	1553	1358
Elo rank	93rd	155th
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1513 (1960)
Matches played	702	458
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	65W 78D 315L
Goals for	1285	298
Goals against	768	1027
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.00

When they've met

China and Malta have never played each other.