Our prediction for this match:
Kosovo
Match Time & Date:
04/06/2021
07:00 AM
Prediction: 3-0
Malta
Kosovo will be looking to build on a 4-1 win over San Marino when they take on Malta at Worthersee Stadion on Friday evening. Bernard Challendes should opt to make changes to the starting XI, with all Daku, Shala, Rashica, Voca, and Emini pushing for a start. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Lazio attacker Vedad Muriqi, who scored four goals in the crushing of San Marino.
Malta, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 loss to Northern Ireland, and it is no wonder the bookies see them as underdogs in Friday’s friendly. Even though the Kosovo boss is likely to mix the squad, anything but a routine home win would be a major surprise. In their last meeting on the international stage Kosovo crushed Malta 5-0.
Highlighted Player (Milot Rashica):
Milot Rashica is a Kosovo Albanian player who was born on June 28, 1996 in Vucitrn, FR Yugoslavia. Rashica is a product of FC Vushtrria football academy and he continued playing for the Ferki Aliu Stadium outfit at senior level.
Milot Rashica is a winger, but he is used as an attacking midfielder as well and it has to be noted that his preferred foot is right. Nowadays, the Albanian footballer plays for Vitesse in Dutch Eredivisie and he has established himself as a first-team regular at the club.
Milot Rashica made his Vitesse debut on July 30, 2015, coming as a substitute for Serbia international Uros Djurdjevic in a 3-0 defeat to Southampton in the Europa League qualifiers. Speaking of his Eredivisie debut, Rashica played his first match for Vitesse in the Dutch elite division on August 9, 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Willem II. The Vitesse footballer has six caps for Albania U21 team, but he represents Kosovo at senior level.
Highlighted Team (Malta):
Back in 1957 Malta played their first international match. The Falcons faced Austria in their debut on the international stage and they suffered a 3-2 loss to Das Team in front of home fans in Gzira. The Malta Football Association joined FIFA in 1959, while joining UEFA the following year and they have been competing in the qualifiers for the major tournaments since 1962.
The Knights of Malta have yet to participate at the finals of the showpiece tournaments, but they often claim major scalps in the qualifying matches. Malta recorded their biggest win (7-1) against Liechtenstein on March 26, 2008, but a win over Hungary in the Euro 2008 qualifiers is considered their biggest achievement.
Speaking of friendly games, it has to be noted that Malta did remarkably well to beat star-studded Ukraine in Graz on June 6, 2017, with Zach Muscat scoring the winner for the minnows. In December 1983 the Maltese suffered their heaviest loss as they were crushed by Spain 12-1 in Seville.
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