Netherlands vs Malta Prediction: Annihilation of the visitors.

Latest information on the Netherlands vs Malta match lineups.

The Netherlands did not call up Bart Verbruggen, Jurrien Timber, Matthijs de Ligt, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman, Kenneth Taylor, Brian Brobbey, and Joshua Zirkzee for various reasons including injuries and tactical choices.

Stefan de Vrij could partner Virgil van Dijk in central defense after coming on as a substitute in the second half last weekend.

Depay will continue to start in attack after scoring his 48th goal in his 101st appearance for the national team in the win against Finland.

On the visitors' side, striker Ilyas Chouaref of FC Sion will be absent due to serving his second match suspension.

However, good news for Malta is that defenders Gabriel Mentz and Kurt Shaw are ready to return after their suspensions and will feature in the defense.

James Carragher – son of former Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher – will take on the role of centre-back in a three-man defense, playing alongside Kurt Shaw and Zach Muscat to counter the fast-paced and dynamic Dutch attack.

Latest predicted lineups for Netherlands vs Malta

Netherlands:

Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Gravenberch, De Jong, Reijnders; Frimpong, Gakpo, Depay

Malta:

Bonello; Shaw, Carragher, Muscat; J.Mbong, Guillaumier, Teuma, Satariano, Camenzuli; Jones, P. Mbong

Latest football match prediction: Netherlands vs Malta

The Netherlands are now fully focused on their World Cup qualifying campaign after their UEFA Nations League journey ended with a penalty shootout defeat to Spain in the quarter-finals in March.

Having participated in 4 of the last 5 World Cups, the Netherlands aim to qualify for the 2026 tournament through a group that includes Poland, Finland, Lithuania, and Malta.

While other teams in the same group began their qualifying campaigns in March, coach Ronald Koeman's side only kicked off their campaign last Saturday with an away match in Helsinki, where Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries scored in the first half to give their team a 2-0 victory.

Ending a five-match winless streak, the "Orange Tornado" will return home to host Malta – their first meeting since their comfortable 4-0 victory in October 1995 during the Euro 1996 qualifiers.

In fact, the Netherlands have won all six previous encounters against Malta without conceding a single goal, while scoring at least four goals in five of those six matches.

The home team's confidence is further bolstered by their impressive home form – six wins and two draws in their last eight matches since their defeat to France in the Euro qualifiers in October 2023.

Meanwhile, Malta entered the qualifying campaign after a relatively positive performance in the UEFA Nations League 2024–25, where they earned 7 points from 4 matches, finished second in their group, and qualified for the promotion playoff in March 2026.

However, ahead of them is the World Cup qualifying campaign with more realistic expectations – focusing on performing well against tough opponents, because the chance of reaching the finals for the first time in history is still very far away.

Malta suffered two defeats in the March international break, losing 0-1 to Finland at home and then suffering a 0-2 defeat away to Poland.

At least coach Emilio De Leo's team managed to secure their first point by drawing 0-0 with Lithuania at Ta'Qali last Saturday – their second clean sheet in their last three home games – although they remain bottom of Group G with five matches remaining.

Malta will face a huge challenge when they visit the Netherlands on Tuesday, especially since they have failed to score in their last four matches.

Latest Netherlands vs Malta score prediction

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Netherlands vs Maltaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Netherlands 1-3 Malta

• WhoScore:Netherlands 0-3 Malta
• Our newspaper predicts:Netherlands 0-4 Malta

When and where can I watch the Netherlands vs Malta match live?

To watch the Netherlands vs Malta match live in the World Cup qualifiers at 1:45 AM on June 11th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.