Austria vs Malta: Preview and Prediction

By Kenneth Offor

International Friendly.
Date: Tuesday, 31 May 2016;
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT,
Venue: Wörthersee Stadion (Klagenfurt am Wörthersee).

Austria will welcome Malta at Worthersee Stadion for an International friendly game on 31st of May 2016 as they begin their preparation and warm up for the Euro 2016 competition.

Austria will be look forward to a big win considering that their visitors are in low confidence, with the huge quality in Austria’s squad which was evident in their qualifying stages of the competition, they might get their deserved win.

Malta on the other hand are coming into this game on the back of a shameful 6-0 hammering from Czech Republic on Friday, they will be looking to get at least a draw in this game to save their face.

Austria vs Malta: Head-To-Head stats

Austria are a superior side to Malta in all their meetings, they have won 5 of their 6 ties and drawn 1. Their last game was a 5-1 win in favour of the Austrian side.

Austria are having the best of form currently, they finished on top of their group in qualifying stage of the Euro competition as they didn’t lose any game, they were victorious in 9 of the 10 qualifying games and drew 1.

Austria have won 6 of their last 8 games and lost 2 games to Switzerland and Turkey.
Malta are low in confidence and currently a poor side, they are currently on 8 games win-less streak and have lost 6 of their last 8 games.

Malta have won just 1 of their last 18 games, they have lost 12 of their last 13 away games and they have scored in only 1 of those games.

Austria: Predicted Line-up (4-4-2)

Almer – Fuchs, Prodl, Dragovic, Klein – Alaba, Arnautovic, Harnik, Junuzovic – Janko, Hinterseer.

Malta:Predicted Line-up (4-4-2)

Haber – Agius, Failla, Camilleri, Muscat – Briffa, Sciberras, Fenech, Rowen Muscat – Misfud, Effiong

Austria vs Malta: Prediction

Austria are huge favourites in this game, with their recent superb form and the calibre of quality in their squad, I expect a huge win from them. I’m predicting a score line of 4-0 in favour of Austria.