Head to head

Malta vs Scotland

If they played today

Malta at home
14% / 20% / 65%
Malta win / draw / Scotland win
Malta–Scotland
  • 0–2 11.9%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.7%
  • 0–3 8.0%
Neutral venue
10% / 18% / 72%
Malta win / draw / Scotland win
Malta–Scotland
  • 0–2 13.4%
  • 0–1 12.1%
  • 0–3 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 1–1 8.4%
Scotland at home
7% / 15% / 79%
Malta win / draw / Scotland win
Malta–Scotland
  • 0–2 14.9%
  • 0–1 12.4%
  • 0–3 12.0%
  • 1–2 8.3%
  • 0–4 7.2%

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

 MaltaScotland
Current Elo13581815
Elo rank155th37th
Peak Elo1513 (1960)1875 (2023)
Matches played458854
All-time record65W 78D 315L403W 182D 269L
Goals for2981455
Goals against10271054
Biggest win7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.21
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.000.07

When they've met

Meetings
7
Malta 0W 1D 6L
Goals
5–18
Malta first
First meeting
1–1
Drawn · 1988-03-22 · Friendly
Most recent
0–2
Scotland won · 2017-09-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Malta's biggest win
Never beaten Scotland
Scotland's biggest win
5–1
2016-09-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
0–2
Malta first · twice, last 2017-09-04
Current run
Unbeaten in 7
Scotland · since 1988-03-22
7 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2017-09-040–2Scotland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2016-09-041–5Malta homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1997-06-012–3Malta homeFriendly
1993-11-170–2Malta homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1993-02-170–3Scotland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1990-05-281–2Malta homeFriendly
1988-03-221–1Malta homeFriendly