Placed first in League D Group 2, Estonia have six points from two matches. They had beaten San Marino and Malta already in June.
Estonia will hope to maintain their winning run in the ongoing UEFA Nations League when they face Malta. A victory on Friday will seal Estonia’s promotion to the third tier of the competition. Hence, the upcoming League D Group 2 match will be an important one for the home side. Even if Estonia fail to win their Friday match, they will still get another opportunity against bottom-placed San Marino on Monday night. However, the home side will be eager to wrap up the top spot on Friday night itself.
Estonia vs Malta | Key details |
Date | September 23 |
Venue | A. Le Coq Arena |
Kickoff time in India | 9:30 pm |
Kickoff time in Estonia | 7 pm |
Kickoff time in Malta | 6 pm |
Placed first in League D Group 2, Estonia have six points from two matches. They had beaten San Marino and Malta already in June and will be hoping to repeat the same again in the next set of fixtures in the coming days. Malta are sitting second in the table with six points from three games. Malta have to beat Estonia on Friday and hope that Estonia also stumble against San Marino in their last fixture in order to give them an outside chance of leapfrogging into the top position.
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There are not too many injury concerns both sides have to worry about going into the fixture. It is the squad selection both teams need to keep an eye on ahead of this clash. With a lot of importance hanging on this fixture, both sides will name their strongest XI in order to get the maximum points. Malta lost the last match to Estonia, hence they will be eager to win this encounter. Thereby they will be looking to name a slightly more attacking team on Friday.
Estonia possible line-up: Hein, Tamm, Kuusk, Mets, Teniste, Vassiljev, Soomets, Kait, Kallaste, Kirss, Sorga
Malta possible line-up: Bonello, S.Borg, Pepe, J.Borg, Mbong, Guillaumier, Paiber, Camenzuli, Teuma, Satariano, Degabriele
The UEFA Nations League match between Estonia and Malta will take place at A. Le Coq Arena on Friday at 9:30 pm IST.
For the football fans in India, the live telecast of the UEFA Nations League is available on the Sony Ten network. You can also live stream through SonyLIV App/ website and Jio TV. Besides, the supporters in Estonia can watch the match between Estonia and Malta on Viaplay Estonia; and TVMNews+ in Malta.