Match Report
14 points and 2 places separated them: Malta 5th with 0, Ukraine 3rd with 14. Malta had been under-performing their position — 47th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Malta were scoring 0.25 and conceding 2.5, Ukraine 1.38 and 1, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
The last-five ledger: Malta 3/15, Ukraine 10/15.
Infetti Ground in Birkirkara, capacity 17,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Ukraine led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.