Head to head

Malta vs Spain

If they played today

Malta at home

1% / 6% / 93%

Malta win / draw / Spain win

Malta–Spain

0–3 19.4%
0–2 19.2%
0–4 14.7%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 8.9%

Neutral venue

0% / 4% / 95%

Malta win / draw / Spain win

Malta–Spain

0–3 21.1%
0–2 19.6%
0–4 17.1%
0–1 12.1%
0–5 11.0%

Spain at home

0% / 4% / 96%

Malta win / draw / Spain win

Malta–Spain

0–3 20.7%
0–2 18.1%
0–4 17.8%
0–5 12.2%
0–1 10.6%

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	Spain
Current Elo	1358	2324
Elo rank	155th	1st
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	458	791
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	298	1616
Goals against	1027	704
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.00	1.28
European Championships won	0	4
Expected European Championships	0.00	1.48

When they've met

Meetings

Malta 0W 0D 8L

Goals

3–37

Malta first

First meeting

2–3

Spain won · 1983-05-15 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

0–7

Spain won · 2019-11-15 · UEFA Euro qualification

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Spain

Spain's biggest win

12–1

1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

0–2

Malta first · twice, last 2019-03-26

Current run

Won last 8

Spain · since 1983-05-15

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-11-15	0–7	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
2019-03-26	0–2	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
1997-02-12	0–4	Spain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-12-18	0–3	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-03-23	0–4	Spain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-01-22	0–2	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1983-12-21	1–12	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
1983-05-15	2–3	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification