Malta vs Andorra 1-0

Teddy Teuma’s 49th-minute goal settled a tight Nations League meeting as Malta beat Andorra 1-0, with Ylyas Chouaref providing the assist for the only goal.

The first half ended goalless after Enrico Pepe was booked in the 7th minute. Malta then changed the line-up on 45 minutes, with Pepe replaced by Gabriel Bohrer Mentz, and the teams went in level at 0-0.

Malta broke through four minutes after the restart when Teuma made it 1-0. He came off on 56 minutes for Paul Mbong. Andorra made a change on 70 minutes, sending on Jordi Aláez for Alexandre Martínez, before Malta made two substitutions together on 72 minutes when Juan Corbalan and Joseph Mbong were replaced by Zach Muscat and Carlo Zammit Lonardelli. Malta made another change on 85 minutes, with Andrea Zammit coming on for Ylyas Chouaref, while Christian Garcia was booked moments after his 84th-minute introduction for Andorra.

The numbers were close. Malta had 55% of the ball and made 472 passes to Andorra’s 383, and the shot count was level at 12 each. Malta had 6 shots on target to Andorra’s 3, 6 corners to 5 and 3 saves to Andorra’s 5, while both sides were caught offside once.

Malta were booked twice, with Enrico Pepe on 7 minutes and Alexander Satariano on 86 minutes. Andorra had three yellow cards, for Ot Planes on 69 minutes, Aron Rodrigo on 79 minutes and Christian Garcia on 89 minutes. There were no red cards.