Malta — Poland Prediction, H2H and Probable Lineups — 17 November 2025
On November 17, 2025, in Europe World Cup Qualification, Malta will host Poland. The match is scheduled to kick off at 20:45 CET. Let’s take a closer look at both teams’ form, key facts, and the likely outcome of this clash.
Malta
Malta are heading into their final World Cup qualifier after a rather surprising 1-0 win over Finland. In their previous away match, Malta played mostly in the second row, managed to keep a clean sheet and still found their moment to secure victory.
With this result, Malta have already repeated their points tally from the previous World Cup qualifiers, with 5 points. At that time, they finished last with 5 points from 10 matches. Now, after just 7 games, Malta already have 5 points and are in 4th place, two points ahead of Lithuania.
In their 7 qualifiers, Malta have managed two draws (both against Lithuania) and one win (against Finland). They scored 2 goals and conceded 16.
Malta played three matches at home, finishing the match against Lithuania with a score of 0:0, losing the other matches, scoring no goals and conceding 5 goals.
In the first match against Poland, Malta lost away with a score of 0:2.
Poland
Poland come into this match having already secured second place in the group. After Finland’s recent defeat, the Polish team is guaranteed a place in the play-offs. However, their own 1-2 away defeat to Finland prevents them from challenging for the top spot in the final round.
Interestingly, Poland are undefeated against the group leaders, the Netherlands. Their last match was against the Netherlands, where they ended the game at home with a score of 1-1, the same as the first match between the teams in the first round.
Overall, Poland have collected 14 points from 7 matches, scoring 11 goals and conceding only 5. Their current form looks solid: in their last five matches in all competitions (including friendlies), Poland are unbeaten, with 3 wins and 2 draws.
As for the history of head-to-head matches with Malta, the numbers are completely in Poland's favor. The teams have met four times, and Poland has won all four meetings without conceding a single goal.
Probable Lineups
- Malta: Bonello, Corbalan, Pepe, Shaw, Muscat, Guillaumier, Satariano, J.Mbong, P.Mbong, Chouaref, Cardona
- Poland: Grabara, Cash, Kedziora, Ziolkowski, Kiwior, Skoras, Slisz, Zielinski, Zalewski Kaminski, Lewandowski
Key Facts and Head-to-Head
- 3 of Malta’s last 4 matches have finished with over 2.5 goals.
- Poland have won 3 of their last 4 matches.
- Poland have scored first in each of their last 4 matches.
Malta — Poland Prediction
Both teams enter this match with no tournament motivation. Malta, despite scoring only two goals in the entire qualification, has fulfilled its minimum objective — earning five points and avoiding last place in the group. Poland, meanwhile, has also completed its “minimum program”: although they did not qualify directly, the team has secured a spot in the playoff phase. Despite the lack of pressure, it is unlikely that Poland will pass on the opportunity to claim yet another victory over Malta, as they have done in all previous head-to-head meetings. Considering the absence of competitive tension, the clear difference in class, and the historical results between these teams, we can expect a high-scoring match here. My bet for this match is over 2.5 total goals at odds of 1.69.
