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England
v Malta⁠

2–0

Full time

England v Malta finished 2–0.

Malta
None
Date
Saturday 8 October 2016 · England in 2016
Kick-off
17:00 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

Substitutes

Malta Formation 5-4-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Andrew Hogg GK
  • No. 6, Steve Borg RB Yellow card 55'
  • No. 5, Andrei Agius CB
  • No. 17, Ryan Camilleri CB
  • No. 20, Zach Muscat CB
  • No. 22, Alex Muscat LB
  • No. 18, Bjorn Kristensen RM
  • No. 4, Gareth Sciberras CM
  • No. 13, Andre Schembri CM Off in the 86'
  • No. 8, Paul Fenech LM
  • No. 19, Alfred Effiong FW Off in the 76'

Substitutes

  • No. 9, Michael Mifsud On in the 76'
  • No. 10, Rowen Muscat On in the 86'
  • No. 3, Joseph Zerafa (not used)
  • No. 7, Clayton Failla (not used)
  • No. 11, Stephen Pisani (not used)
  • No. 12, Henry Bonello (not used)
  • No. 14, Jean-Paul Farrugia (not used)
  • No. 15, Mark Scerri (not used)
  • No. 16, Ryan Scicluna (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 3 meetings before this one

1971 – 2000

02 12 May 1971
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group 3 Wembley Stadium, London

England 5–0 Malta England won

England: Chivers 30', Lee 43', Clarke 46' pen, Chivers 48', Lawler 75'

Malta: None

Match page: England v Malta, 12 May 1971

Official meetings since 1971

England v Malta stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings7In our results database
England wins7England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Malta wins0Malta victories

England have scored 20 goals to Malta's 1 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Kane

4 goals against Malta in matches we hold scorer data for.

Malta · Fixture leader

1

Carabott

Malta's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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