Head to head

Malta vs Russia

If they played today

Malta at home

13% / 20% / 67%

Malta win / draw / Russia win

Malta–Russia

0–2 12.3%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
0–3 8.5%

Neutral venue

9% / 17% / 74%

Malta win / draw / Russia win

Malta–Russia

0–2 13.9%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.5%
1–2 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

Russia at home

6% / 14% / 80%

Malta win / draw / Russia win

Malta–Russia

0–2 15.4%
0–3 12.7%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.0%
0–4 7.8%

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

	Malta	Russia
Current Elo	1358	1845
Elo rank	155th	31st
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	458	749
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	298	1301
Goals against	1027	735
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.73
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	0.00	1.55

When they've met

Meetings

Malta 0W 0D 3L

Goals

1–7

Malta first

First meeting

0–2

Russia won · 1996-02-07 · Malta International Tournament

Most recent

0–2

Russia won · 2021-09-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Russia

Russia's biggest win

3–1

2021-03-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–2

Malta first · twice, last 2021-09-07

Current run

Won last 3

Russia · since 1996-02-07

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-09-07	0–2	Russia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-03-24	1–3	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-02-07	0–2	Malta home	Malta International Tournament