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Malta
v England⁠

0–4

Full time

Malta v England finished 0–4.

Malta
None
Date
Friday 1 September 2017 · England in 2017
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 22, Marcus Rashford On in the 45'
  • No. 21, Jamie Vardy On in the 70'
  • No. 20, Danny Welbeck On in the 76'
  • No. 12, Chris Smalling (not used)
  • No. 13, Jack Butland (not used)
  • No. 14, Aaron Cresswell (not used)
  • No. 15, Michael Keane (not used)
  • No. 16, John Stones (not used)
  • No. 17, Nathaniel Chalobah (not used)
  • No. 18, Jermain Defoe (not used)
  • No. 19, Daniel Sturridge (not used)
  • No. 23, Tom Heaton (not used)

Malta Formation 5-3-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Andrew Hogg GK
  • No. 4, Steve Borg RB
  • No. 3, Sam Magri CB
  • No. 5, Andrei Agius CB
  • No. 13, Zach Muscat CB
  • No. 19, Joseph Zerafa LB Off in the 75'
  • No. 6, Ryan Fenech CM Off in the 83'
  • No. 18, Bjorn Kristensen CM
  • No. 21, Stephen Pisani CM
  • No. 10, Andre Schembri FW Off in the 86'
  • No. 14, Jean-Paul Farrugia FW

Substitutes

  • No. 17, Ryan Camilleri On in the 75'
  • No. 8, Paul Fenech On in the 83'
  • No. 9, Michael Mifsud On in the 86'
  • No. 2, Alex Muscat (not used)
  • No. 7, Clayton Failla (not used)
  • No. 11, Luke Gambin (not used)
  • No. 12, Henry Bonello (not used)
  • No. 16, Clyde Borg (not used)
  • No. 22, Michael Johnson (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 4 meetings before this one

1971 – 2016

03 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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