Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 17 Nov 2025

Malta 2–3 Poland

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Oct 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
0.6 – 1.8
Actual xG
–
Goals
2 – 3

Footybot made Poland favourites at 65%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ylyas Chouaref, 100.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Ylyas Chouaref +41.4, Bartosz Slisz +19.4, Piotr Zieliński +8.1.

Well below it: Jakub Kamiński −9.6, Michał Skóraś −8.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Malta

14 Nov 2025W 1–0at Finland World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Oct 2025L 0–4v Netherlands World Cup Qualification UEFA
4 Sep 2025D 1–1at Lithuania World Cup Qualification UEFA

Poland

14 Nov 2025D 1–1v Netherlands World Cup Qualification UEFA
12 Oct 2025W 2–0at Lithuania World Cup Qualification UEFA
7 Sep 2025W 3–1v Finland World Cup Qualification UEFA
4 Sep 2025D 1–1at Netherlands World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Malta

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ylyas Chouaref Midfielder9000–100.0+41.4
Paul Mbong Midfielder1300–76.5–
Teddy Teuma Midfielder7710–62.4–
Matthew Guillaumier Midfielder9000–56.2–
Enrico Pepe Defender1300–51.7–
Juan Carlos Corbalan Midfielder3600–42.0–
Ryan Camenzuli Defender9000–41.3+1.9

Poland

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Filip Rózga Midfielder900–97.5–
Karol Świderski Forward4500–67.6+8.0
Bartosz Slisz Midfielder7800–64.0+19.4
Piotr Zieliński Midfielder9011–60.7+8.1
Nicola Zalewski Midfielder4500–58.0+3.6
Robert Lewandowski Forward9011–56.3−1.2
Bartłomiej Drągowski Goalkeeper9000–53.0+8.0
Tomasz Kędziora Defender9000–51.1+0.3
Michał Skóraś Midfielder9000–46.8−8.4
Jakub Kiwior Defender9000–46.0−4.5
Jakub Kamiński Midfielder8900–40.7−9.6