Comments and predictions for Malta vs Lithuania: A cold stab at the crucial moment

Latest Malta vs Lithuania team information

Wigan Athletic defender James Carragher – son of Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher – was granted Maltese citizenship in February, through his Maltese mother and grandfather. He made his international debut in March and will be included in this squad.

However, Ilyas Chouaref will miss out due to a two-match suspension following his red card against Poland. Kurt Shaw and Gabriel Mentz are also banned, but will return against the Netherlands next Tuesday.

Teddy Teuma (Reims) is likely to start in midfield; the 31-year-old midfielder and striker Kyrian Nwoko (Sliema Wanderers) are the two players with the most international goals in the current squad with four goals each.

On the Lithuanian side, veteran midfielder Fedor Cernych is on course to become only the second player in the country's history to reach 100 caps – he is now just two games behind Saulius Mikoliunas.

Edvinas Girdvainis and Kipras Kazukolovas are likely to start in defence, while Gineitis, Artur Dolznikov and Justas Lasickas could provide support behind centre-forward Kucys.

Latest expected lineup Malta vs Lithuania

Malta:

Bonello; Z. Muscat, Carragher, Pepe; J. Mbong, Guillaumier, Teuma, Satariano, Camenzuli, Nwoko, P. Mbong

Lithuania:

Gertmonas; Sirvys, Kazukolovas, Girdvainis, Milasius; Matulevicius, Utkus; Dolznikov, Gineitis, Lasickas; Kucys

Latest Malta vs Lithuania football prediction

Malta have finished bottom of their group in each of their last seven World Cup qualifying campaigns and are on course to remain bottom after losing their first two Group G games against Finland and Poland in March.

Under new coach Emilio De Leo, appointed in January, Malta lost narrowly at home to Finland 1-0, before losing 2-0 away to Poland. Remarkably, they failed to take any of their eight shots on target in those two games – both of which ended with players being sent off.

The Reds are now four points behind the top two in Group G, and have never qualified for a major tournament. In 114 World Cup qualifiers, Malta have won just three times – a number that clearly shows their struggle to qualify for the world football festival.

Ranked 169th in the world by FIFA, Malta have won one and drawn one of their three previous meetings with Lithuania, so they will be hoping to avoid their 100th World Cup qualifying defeat on Saturday.

Lithuania have also been in poor form, without a win in their last nine internationals. However, they ended an eight-game losing streak with a 2-2 draw against Finland, after falling two goals down in the opening 17 minutes. Goals from Armandas Kucys and Gvidas Gineitis – both in the first half – secured a point at home.

Under Edgaras Jankauskas, Lithuania have scored in nine of their last 12 games in all competitions, and are currently ranked 143rd in the FIFA rankings. Like Malta, they have not qualified for a major tournament since independence; their best World Cup qualifying performance came in 1996, when they took 16 points from 10 games to finish third in their group.

Lithuania have not won any of their last 13 World Cup qualifiers since 2012 (D3 L10), and have failed to score in nine, including their last five. However, they have picked up four points from their last two World Cup qualifiers against Malta (W1 D1), including a 2-0 home win in October 2016.

Latest Malta vs Lithuania score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Malta vs Lithuaniaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Malta 1-2 Lithuania

• WhoScore:Malta 0-2 Lithuania
• Our newspaper predicts:Malta 0-1 Lithuania

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