Gibraltar vs Malta Preview & Prediction | 2026-27 UEFA Nations League | League D
by Alex Lawes ·
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Rounding off the 2026-27 League D campaign before the change of format of the UEFA Nations League, Gibraltar face Malta on Monday.
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Key stats
- The sides' only previous Nations League meeting ended 1-1 in Ta' Qali on Matchday 3 of this edition.
- Coming into Matchday 6, Malta lead Group D1 with seven points from three matches and are already assured of finishing top; Andorra, who have completed their fixtures, are second with four points, and Gibraltar third with two.
- Gibraltar must win to finish second in the group: victory would take them to five points, one more than Andorra, while any other result leaves them third.
- Malta will finish top of a Nations League group for the first time, having finished no higher than second in their four previous editions.
- Malta are unbeaten in this edition (W2 D1), having lost both legs of their 2024/25 play-off against Luxembourg, 2-0 at home and 3-0 away.
- Malta have drawn all three of their previous Matchday 6 Nations League matches, all at home: 1-1 against the Faroe Islands in 2018 and 2020, and 0-0 with Andorra in 2024.
- Malta's 2-1 win in Andorra on Matchday 1 was their fourth away win in 12 Nations League away matches (D2 L6).
- Gibraltar are winless in seven Nations League matches (D4 L3) since a 1-0 home win over San Marino on 10 October 2024, and have scored only once in their last five, including Friday's 2-0 defeat by Andorra.
- All three of Gibraltar's home wins in 13 Nations League home matches have been by a single goal: 2-1 against Liechtenstein in 2018 and 1-0 against San Marino in 2020 and 2024.
- Gibraltar have failed to score in 14 of their 27 Nations League matches, averaging 0.59 goals per game.
- Gibraltar's only Nations League group win in five editions came in 2020/21, when they topped Group D2 with eight points, unbeaten in four matches (W2 D2).
- Teddy Teuma has scored four goals in 17 Nations League appearances, the most of any Malta player, while Liam Walker is Gibraltar's top scorer with three goals in 22 Nations League appearances.
Gibraltar vs Malta prediction
Gibraltar had found some form with victories against the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands in the summer before draws with Sao Tome e Principe, Andorra and Malta – and then a 2-0 victory in Liechtenstein last month. However, they were most recently beaten 2-0 by the aforementioned Andorrans in Encamp.
Malta head into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with ten-man Eswatini in Ta’ Qali the other day. That means the improving Maltese are themselves now unbeaten in their last six matches.
These are two sides striving for improvement and an identity in international football with both teams scoring, as was the case in the reverse fixture in Malta last month, seeming a decent bet.
Gibraltar vs Malta tip: Both teams to score
