The story
Slovenia beat Malta 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 5.
The goal came from Sandi Lovric (45', pen).
It was 1-0 at half-time.
Andraz Sporar missed a penalty for Slovenia (88').
Slovenia had 52% of the ball and 12 shots to Malta's 4.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 45' Sandi Lovric Penalty · Slovenia 1-0
- 88' Andraz Sporar Penalty missed · Slovenia
Line-ups
Slovenia
- Jan OblakGoalkeeper
- Jaka BijolDefender
- Petar StojanovicDefender
- Jure BalkovecDefender
- Miha MevljaDefender
- Sandi Lovricoff 70'Midfielder
- Jasmin KurticMidfielder
- Adam Gnezda CerinMidfielder
- Benjamin Seskooff 69'Forward
- Jan Mlakaroff 60'Forward
- Damjan Boharoff 60'Forward
Malta
- Henry BonelloGoalkeeper
- Zach MuscatDefender
- Kurt ShawDefender
- Enrico PepeDefender
- Teddy TeumaMidfielder
- Cain AttardMidfielder
- Shaun Dimechoff 58'Midfielder
- Tristan Caruanaoff 79'Midfielder
- Joseph Mbongoff 73'Forward
- Alexander Satarianooff 58'Forward
- Juan Corbalanoff 46'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (7)
- 12' 🟨 Jasmin Kurtic
- 43' 🟨 Enrico Pepe
- 45' ⚽ Sandi Lovric (pen)
- 45' 🟨 Alexander Satariano
- 77' 🟨 Luke Montebello
- 86' 🟨 Zach Muscat
- 88' ✕ Andraz Sporar missed penalty
Head to head
1Slovenia wins0Draws0Malta wins

