UEFA Nations League

Malta vs Luxembourg, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Relegation Playoffs

· 1st Leg
Malta
    FT
    0 - 2
    1st Leg
    Luxembourg
    • 47': Vincent Thill
    • 90'+3': Mathias Olesen

    About

    Malta are hosting Luxembourg at Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Luxembourg. Danel Sinani is caught offside.
    • 2': Offside, Luxembourg. Aiman Dardari is caught offside.
    • 3': Offside, Luxembourg. Christopher Martins is caught offside.
    • 4': Corner, Malta. Conceded by Florian Bohnert.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Zach Muscat (Malta) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matthew Guillaumier with a cross following a corner.
    • 6': Handball by Florian Bohnert (Luxembourg).
    • 7': Foul by Mathias Olesen (Luxembourg).
    • 7': Irvin Cardona (Malta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Foul by Ryan Camenzuli (Malta).
    • 11': Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Florian Bohnert (Luxembourg).
    • 13': Paul Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Aiman Dardari (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': Foul by Teddy Teuma (Malta).
    • 19': Delay in match (Luxembourg).
    • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 22': Foul by Seid Korac (Luxembourg).
    • 22': Irvin Cardona (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Leandro Barreiro.
    • 27': Foul by Seid Korac (Luxembourg).
    • 27': Ilyas Chouaref (Malta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Moris (Luxembourg). Assisted by Irvin Cardona.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aiman Dardari.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathias Olesen.
    • 31': Foul by Danel Sinani (Luxembourg).
    • 31': Ilyas Chouaref (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Offside, Malta. Irvin Cardona is caught offside.
    • 34': Alexander Satariano (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Christopher Martins (Luxembourg).
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Teddy Teuma (Malta).
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Substitution, Malta. Jake Grech replaces Teddy Teuma because of an injury.
    • 39': Foul by Ilyas Chouaref (Malta).
    • 39': Seid Korac (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Alexander Satariano (Malta).
    • 41': Laurent Jans (Luxembourg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Danel Sinani (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Irvin Cardona (Malta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Grech.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Irvin Cardona (Malta) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Malta 0, Luxembourg 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Malta 0, Luxembourg 0.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Paul Mbong (Malta) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ilyas Chouaref.
    • 47': Goal! Malta 0, Luxembourg 1. Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Bohnert with a cross.
    • 49': Foul by Mathias Olesen (Luxembourg).
    • 49': Irvin Cardona (Malta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Ilyas Chouaref (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Anthony Moris (Luxembourg). Assisted by Matthew Guillaumier.
    • 60': Christopher Martins (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Alexander Satariano (Malta).
    • 60': Alexander Satariano (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Delay in match because of an injury Anthony Moris (Luxembourg).
    • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Handball by Ilyas Chouaref (Malta).
    • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Anthony Moris (Luxembourg).
    • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 68': Substitution, Luxembourg. Sébastien Thill replaces Vincent Thill.
    • 69': Substitution, Luxembourg. Jayson Videira replaces Aiman Dardari.
    • 69': Substitution, Luxembourg. Tiago Pereira Cardoso replaces Anthony Moris because of an injury.
    • 70': Foul by Kurt Shaw (Malta).
    • 70': Leandro Barreiro (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Danel Sinani (Luxembourg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Alexander Satariano (Malta).
    • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Zach Muscat (Malta).
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Foul by Jayson Videira (Luxembourg).
    • 76': Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Alexander Satariano (Malta) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Zach Muscat with a headed pass.
    • 78': Substitution, Malta. Juan Corbalan replaces Zach Muscat.
    • 78': Substitution, Malta. Trent Buhagiar replaces Alexander Satariano.
    • 79': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Juan Corbalan.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Laurent Jans (Luxembourg).
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Danel Sinani (Luxembourg) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Sébastien Thill.
    • 82': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Ryan Camenzuli.
    • 83': Foul by Danel Sinani (Luxembourg).
    • 83': Paul Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Paul Mbong (Malta).
    • 83': Mathias Olesen (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
    • 84': Jayson Videira (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Substitution, Malta. Brandon Paiber replaces Paul Mbong.
    • 87': Substitution, Malta. Andrea Zammit replaces Matthew Guillaumier.
    • 88': Substitution, Luxembourg. Tomás Cruz replaces Christopher Martins.
    • 88': Foul by Mathias Olesen (Luxembourg).
    • 88': Ilyas Chouaref (Malta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
    • 89': Tomás Cruz (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Enrico Pepe (Malta) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Trent Buhagiar (Malta) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Irvin Cardona.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Juan Corbalan.
    • 90'+3': Goal! Malta 0, Luxembourg 2. Mathias Olesen (Luxembourg) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Irvin Cardona (Malta) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 90'+6': Substitution, Luxembourg. Enzo de Pina Duarte dos Santos replaces Danel Sinani.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Malta 0, Luxembourg 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Malta 0, Luxembourg 2.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 11
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 1
    3 Corner Kicks 1
    2 Saves 0
    57.1 Possession 42.9
    7 SHOTS 9
    2 ON GOAL 2
    0.3 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    439 Accurate Passes 292
    505 Passes 376
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 4
    11 Crosses 15
    0.4 Cross % 0.3
    46 Long Balls 57
    17 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    10 Effective Tackles 12
    14 Tackles 22
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    5 Interceptions 4
    26 Effective Clearances 15
    26 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: Ta' Qali National Stadium
    Location: Attard, Malta
    Attendance: 9,467

    Line-Ups

    MLT Malta (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Henry Bonello (GK)
    13 Enrico Pepe Yellow Card
    5 Kurt Shaw
    3 Ryan Camenzuli
    22 Zach Muscat
    10 Teddy Teuma
    23 Alexander Satariano Yellow Card
    6 Matthew Guillaumier
    11 Irvin Cardona
    20 Ylyas Chouaref
    8 Paul Mbong
    Malta Substitutes:
    Adam Overend, Matthias Debono, Gabriel Mentz, Yannick Yankam, Juan Corbalan, Myles Beerman, Brandon Paiber, Trent Buhagiar, Andrea Zammit, Jake Grech, Jean Borg, Rashed Al-Tumi.

    LUX Luxembourg (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anthony Moris (GK)
    13 Dirk Carlson
    2 Seid Korac
    19 Mathias Olesen
    4 Florian Bohnert
    18 Laurent Jans
    16 Leandro Barreiro
    8 Christopher Martins Pereira
    9 Aiman Dardari
    15 Vincent Thill
    10 Danel Sinani
    Luxembourg Substitutes:
    Eric Veiga, Sebastien Thill, Tomás Moreira, Tiago Pereira, Yvandro Borges Sanches, Enes Mahmutovic, Mica Pinto, Edvin Muratovic, Enzo De Pina Duarte Dos Santos, Lucas Fox, Jayson Videira, Eldin Dzogovic.

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