Malta vs Poland · World Cup Qualifying · UEFA
Malta
1-2-5
2 – 3
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Poland
5-2-1
Ta' Qali National Stadium · Attard · Malta
One goal separated them as Poland beat Malta 3-2 at Ta' Qali National Stadium (crowd 10,326). The first goal went to Robert Lewandowski at the 32-minute mark and Malta were back level through Irvin Cardona after 36 minutes; it was 1-2 after Pawel Wszolek scored at the 59-minute mark and the equaliser came from Teddy Teuma after 68 minutes with a penalty. The goal that settled it came from Piotr Zielinski late on, at 85 minutes. Poland led the shot count 18-10 and held 58% possession. From 10 shots, Malta found the target 8 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- World Cup Qualifying · UEFA UEFA
- Campaign
- 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage
- Ground
- Ta' Qali National Stadium · Attard · Malta
- Crowd
- 10,326
- Referee
- Igor Pajac
- Malta form
- WWWDW
- Poland form
- DDLWL
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Side by side
7Fouls6
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides1
4Corner Kicks9
1Saves5
42.2%Possession57.8%
10Shots18
8On Goal4
80%On Target %20%
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
285Accurate Passes415
353Passes488
80%Pass Completion %90%
4Accurate Crosses4
18Crosses22
20%Cross %20%
51Long Balls35
24Accurate Long Balls13
50%Long Balls %40%
1Blocked Shots7
11Effective Tackles4
14Tackles9
80%Tackle %40%
4Interceptions4
25Effective Clearances24
25Clearances24
Timeline
Full time · 2-3
90'+2'
🔁Filip Kucharczykreplacing Jakub Kaminski
🔁Trent Buhagiarreplacing Gabriel Mentz
87'
85'2 - 3
⚽Piotr ZielinskiAssist: Bartosz Kapustka
78'
🔁Kamil Grosickireplacing Pawel Wszolek
78'
🔁Bartosz Kapustkareplacing Bartosz Slisz
78'
🔁Bartosz Bereszynskireplacing Przemyslaw Wisniewski
🔁Paul Mbongreplacing Irvin Cardona
77'
🔁Enrico Pepereplacing Teddy Teuma
77'
⚽Teddy TeumaPenalty
68'2 - 2
59'1 - 2
⚽Pawel WszolekAssist: Robert Lewandowski
🔁Juan Corbalanreplacing Zach Muscat
54'
🟨Alexander Satariano
49'
🔁Adam Overendreplacing Joseph Mbong
45'
45'
🔁Karol Swiderskireplacing Nicola Zalewski
Half-time · 1-1
🟨Teddy Teuma
45'+3'
⚽Irvin Cardona
36'1 - 1
32'0 - 1
⚽Robert LewandowskiAssist: Piotr Zielinski
17'
🟨Nicola Zalewski
5'
🟨Przemyslaw Wisniewski
Kick-off
Teams
Malta4-2-3-1
11⚽↓Cardona
20Chouaref
10⚽🟨↓Teuma
7↓Mbong
23🟨Satariano
6Guillaumier
3Camenzuli
4↓Bohrer Mentz
22↓Muscat
5Shaw
1Bonello
Bench
- 14Andrea Zammit
- 9Jake Grech
- 13Enrico Pepeon for Teddy Teuma, 77'
- 18Brandon Paiber
- 15Myles Beerman
- 2Jean Borg
- 21Juan Corbalanon for Zach Muscat, 54'
- 16Rashed Al-Tumi
- 17Adam Overendon for Joseph Mbong, 45'
- 19Trent Buhagiaron for Gabriel Mentz, 87'
- 12Matthias Debono
- 8Paul Mbongon for Irvin Cardona, 77'
Poland3-4-2-1
9⚽Lewandowski
21🟨↓Zalewski
13↓Kaminski
19Skoras
10⚽Zielinski
15⚽↓Wszolek
17↓Slisz
14Kiwior
4Kedziora
3🟨↓Wisniewski
22Dragowski
Bench
- 18Bartosz Bereszynskion for Przemyslaw Wisniewski, 78'
- 12Kamil Grabara
- 8Bartosz Kapustkaon for Bartosz Slisz, 78'
- 6Kryspin Szczesniak
- 11Kamil Grosickion for Pawel Wszolek, 78'
- 5Jan Ziólkowski
- 1Mateusz Kochalski
- 20Filip Kucharczykon for Jakub Kaminski, 90'+2'
- 2Matty Cash
- 7Karol Swiderskion for Nicola Zalewski, 45'
- 23Kacper Kozlowski
- 16Adam Buksa
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | +23 | 20 |
| 2 |  Poland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | +7 | 17 |
| 3 |  Finland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 4 |  Malta | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -15 | 5 |
| 5 |  Lithuania | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 3 |
Meetings
0Malta wins
0Level
1Poland wins
Last times they met
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Poland
2–0
Malta · 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Form
Last games: Malta
D1-1W3-1L4-0L4-1W1-0
Last games: Poland
D1-1W3-1W1-0W2-0D1-1
