Lithuania vs Malta: World Cup Qualification Prediction (04.09.2025)

On September 4, 2025, at 18:00 CEST, in Kaunas, the World Cup qualification match between Lithuania and Malta will take place. Bookmakers consider the hosts slight favorites. Let’s review the current form of both teams and provide our prediction.

Lithuania

The Lithuanian national team does not even reach the level of an average European side. In the FIFA ranking, the team sits only at 143rd place. Matches against teams like Malta become crucial, as they are among the few realistic opportunities to fight for victory.

Fans of Lithuania have long missed winning results. The last time Edgaras Jankauskas’ men managed a victory was over a year ago against neighbors Latvia. Since then, the team has gone 11 matches without a win, losing all six games in the recent Nations League campaign and being relegated to the lowest division.

In the current World Cup qualifiers, Lithuania has played three matches, earning two points from draws against Finland and Malta.

Malta

The “Maltese Knights” are ranked even lower, sitting 168th in FIFA rankings. In the previous Nations League season, Malta played in the fourth division. That allowed them to face weaker opponents like Andorra and Moldova, which led to two rare victories for Maltese football.

However, Malta has little hope in World Cup qualification. They have already played four matches without scoring a single goal. Their only point came from a draw against Lithuania, while the other three games were defeats. The most painful was the last one, a crushing 0:8 loss against the Netherlands.

Head-to-head statistics

On June 7 this year, the teams met for the first time in 8 years. The match ended in a goalless draw, with only three shots on target combined throughout the game.

Prediction

In the Lithuania vs Malta match, the prediction is for a low-scoring outcome. Both teams struggle in attack and have finishing problems. The recommended bet is on total under 2 goals at odds of 1.73.