The story
Cyprus and Malta drew 2-2 in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 8.
Cyprus's goals came from Fotis Papoulis (6') and Pieros Sotiriou (80'); Zach Muscat (53') and Jurgen Degabriele (90+8') replied for Malta.
It was 1-0 at half-time. Malta came back to earn a point.
Malta had 53% of the ball and 10 shots to Cyprus' 13.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 6' Fotis Papoulis Goal · Cyprus 1-0 Assist: Charalampos Kyriakou
- 53' Zach Muscat Goal · Malta 1-1 Assist: Stephen Pisani
- 80' Pieros Sotiriou Goal · Cyprus 2-1 Assist: Ioannis Pittas
- 90+8' Jurgen Degabriele Goal · Malta 2-2 Assist: Teddy Teuma
Line-ups
Cyprus
- Neofytos MichailGoalkeeper
- Nikolas IoannouDefender
- Marios AntoniadisDefender
- Stelios Andreouoff 79'Defender
- Costas SoteriouDefender
- Marios Dimitriouoff 86'Defender
- Grigoris KastanosMidfielder
- Charalampos Kyriakouoff 79'Midfielder
- Loizos Loizouoff 61'Forward
- Pieros SotiriouForward
- Fotis Papoulisoff 86'Forward
Malta
- Henry Bonellooff 83'Goalkeeper
- Steve Borgoff 57'Defender
- Zach MuscatDefender
- Enrico PepeDefender
- Teddy TeumaMidfielder
- Ryan CamenzuliMidfielder
- Cain AttardMidfielder
- Jake Grechoff 71'Midfielder
- Tristan Caruanaoff 46'Midfielder
- Paul Mbongoff 71'Forward
- Luke MontebelloForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 6' ⚽ Fotis Papoulisassist Charalampos Kyriakou
- 53' ⚽ Zach Muscatassist Stephen Pisani
- 58' 🟨 Marios Dimitriou
- 80' ⚽ Pieros Sotiriouassist Ioannis Pittas
- 80' 🟨 Teddy Teuma
- 90+1' 🟨 Pieros Sotiriou
- 90+7' 🟨 Nikolas Ioannou
- 90+8' ⚽ Jurgen Degabrieleassist Teddy Teuma
Head to head
0Cyprus wins0Draws1Malta wins

