Malta W vs Northern Ireland W — World Cup - Women - Qualification Europe 2027
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Malta W20%
Northern Ireland W62%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Northern Ireland W creates 78% more chances
Season form · 3 home / 3 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over78
- Under22
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes72
- No28
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Malta W ↓
Most likely 1–2 (8%) · grid covers 87% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Malta W at home — creates 1.00, concedes 3.67 · 3 matches
Northern Ireland W away — creates 1.67, concedes 2.00 · 3 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Malta W attack 1.00 + Northern Ireland W defence 2.00 → ÷2 → 1.50
Northern Ireland W attack 1.67 + Malta W defence 3.67 → ÷2 → 2.67
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 62%?"
Northern Ireland W at 62% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 62% does not mean "Northern Ireland W will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
Hungary W
Germany W
Switzerland W
Spain W
Kosovo W
Croatia W
Portugal W
Papua New Guinea W
Finland W
England W
Scotland W
Belgium W
Wales W
Denmark W
France W
Turkey W
New Zealand W
Greece W
Azerbaijan W
American Samoa W
Norway W
Bosnia-Herzegovina W
Czech Republic W
Lithuania W
Estonia W
Netherlands W
Romania W
Belarus W
Italy W
Republic of Ireland W
Sweden W
Kazakhstan W
Albania WNorthern Ireland W
Fiji W
Bulgaria W
Faroe Islands W
Slovakia W
Iceland W
Israel W
North Macedonia W
Moldova W
Austria W
Cook Islands W
Samoa W
New Caledonia W
Slovenia W
Poland W
Cyprus W
Armenia W
Andorra W
Serbia W
Montenegro W
Tahiti W
Tonga W
Georgia W
Vanuatu W
Solomon Islands W
Latvia W
Ukraine WMalta W
Liechtenstein W
Gibraltar W
Luxembourg WIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Malta W host Northern Ireland W on Saturday, 18 April 2026 at 17:00. The match is part of the World Cup - Women - Qualification Europe 2027/2028 season.
World Cup - Women - Qualification Europe: Malta W 2–4 Northern Ireland W
Northern Ireland W beat Malta W 4-2 in World Cup - Women - Qualification Europe on April 18, 2026.
Goals: E. Mason (40', 51'), M. Farrugia (41'), N. Johnson (69'), L. McFarland (72'), L. Ayres (80').
The match was played at Centenary Stadium.