Head to head

Croatia vs Malta

If they played today

Croatia at home

86% / 11% / 3%

Croatia win / draw / Malta win

Croatia–Malta

2–0 16.8%
3–0 14.9%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.0%
2–1 6.5%

Neutral venue

80% / 14% / 6%

Croatia win / draw / Malta win

Croatia–Malta

2–0 15.3%
3–0 12.6%
1–0 12.4%
2–1 8.0%
4–0 7.8%

Malta at home

74% / 17% / 9%

Croatia win / draw / Malta win

Croatia–Malta

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.5%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 8.0%

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

	Croatia	Malta
Current Elo	1943	1358
Elo rank	17th	155th
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	1513 (1960)
Matches played	400	458
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	65W 78D 315L
Goals for	694	298
Goals against	407	1027
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.14	0.00
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.27	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Croatia 9W 1D 0L

Goals

29–5

Croatia first

First meeting

4–1

Croatia won · 1998-10-10 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

7–1

Croatia won · 2021-11-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Croatia's biggest win

7–1

2021-11-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Croatia

Most common result

3–0

Croatia first · 3 times, last 2021-03-30

Current run

Unbeaten in 10

Croatia · since 1998-10-10

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-11-11	7–1	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-03-30	3–0	Croatia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-10-13	1–0	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
2014-09-09	2–0	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2011-09-02	3–1	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
2010-11-17	3–0	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2005-09-07	1–1	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005-03-30	3–0	Croatia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1999-08-21	2–1	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1998-10-10	4–1	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification