Estonia vs Malta, 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League

Estonia

45'+6': Rauno Sappinen (P)
86': Henri Anier

FT
2 - 1

Malta

45'+4': Jean Borg
51': Teddy Teuma (P)

About

Estonia are hosting Malta at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
2': Joseph Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3': Cain Attard (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Sergei Zenjov (Estonia).
4': Attempt saved. Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergei Zenjov.
4': Hand ball by Bogdan Vastsuk (Estonia).
6': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
6': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Foul by Bogdan Vastsuk (Estonia).
6': Joseph Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Ryan Camenzuli (Malta).
8': Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Joseph Mbong (Malta).
10': Ken Kallaste (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Attempt blocked. Ken Kallaste (Estonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
11': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Cain Attard.
12': Attempt blocked. Joseph Mbong (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brandon Paiber.
13': Corner, Malta. Conceded by Markus Soomets.
13': Attempt blocked. Enrico Pepe (Malta) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brandon Paiber with a cross.
15': Attempt saved. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrik Pürg with a cross.
15': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Henry Bonello.
19': Attempt blocked. Teddy Teuma (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Camenzuli.
19': Corner, Malta. Conceded by Karol Mets.
19': Attempt missed. Cain Attard (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexander Satariano following a corner.
20': Attempt missed. Ryan Camenzuli (Malta) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Teddy Teuma.
24': Foul by Brandon Paiber (Malta).
24': Markus Soomets (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Offside, Estonia. Konstantin Vassiljev tries a through ball, but Rauno Sappinen is caught offside.
30': Offside, Estonia. Markus Soomets tries a through ball, but Rauno Sappinen is caught offside.
31': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
31': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Jean Borg.
34': Foul by Sergei Zenjov (Estonia).
34': Teddy Teuma (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Attempt missed. Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bogdan Vastsuk.
39': Foul by Brandon Paiber (Malta).
39': Markus Soomets (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Ken Kallaste (Estonia).
42': Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Enrico Pepe (Malta).
43': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Hand ball by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
45'+1': Attempt missed. Teddy Teuma (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joseph Mbong.
45'+2': Penalty Estonia. Sergei Zenjov draws a foul in the penalty area.
45'+2': Penalty conceded by Jean Borg (Malta) after a foul in the penalty area.
45'+3': VAR Decision: Penalty Estonia.
45'+4': Jean Borg (Malta) is shown the red card.
45'+6': Goal! Estonia 1, Malta 0. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
45'+7': First Half ends, Estonia 1, Malta 0.
45': Second Half begins Estonia 1, Malta 0.
45': Substitution, Estonia. Taijo Teniste replaces Ken Kallaste.
45': Substitution, Malta. Steve Borg replaces Jodi Jones.
46': Foul by Alexander Satariano (Malta).
46': Taijo Teniste (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Alexander Satariano (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Penalty conceded by Taijo Teniste (Estonia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
49': VAR Decision: Penalty Malta.
51': Goal! Estonia 1, Malta 1. Teddy Teuma (Malta) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
56': Hand ball by Henrik Pürg (Estonia).
65': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Cain Attard.
66': Attempt blocked. Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karol Mets.
68': Substitution, Estonia. Martin Miller replaces Bogdan Vastsuk.
68': Substitution, Estonia. Henri Anier replaces Rauno Sappinen.
68': Foul by Ryan Camenzuli (Malta).
68': Taijo Teniste (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Henrik Pürg (Estonia).
69': Teddy Teuma (Malta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
70': Attempt missed. Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Camenzuli with a cross.
72': Substitution, Malta. Shaun Dimech replaces Cain Attard.
72': Substitution, Malta. Jurgen Degabriele replaces Brandon Paiber.
73': Foul by Sergei Zenjov (Estonia).
73': Teddy Teuma (Malta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Sergei Zenjov (Estonia) is shown the yellow card.
74': Attempt missed. Joseph Mbong (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
75': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Ryan Camenzuli.
76': Foul by Steve Borg (Malta).
76': Sergei Zenjov (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Substitution, Estonia. Vlasiy Sinyavskiy replaces Henrik Ojamaa.
78': Foul by Henrik Pürg (Estonia).
78': Ryan Camenzuli (Malta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Offside, Malta. Joseph Mbong tries a through ball, but Shaun Dimech is caught offside.
82': Foul by Martin Miller (Estonia).
82': Joseph Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Corner, Malta. Conceded by Henrik Pürg.
83': Attempt blocked. Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
84': Offside, Malta. Ryan Camenzuli tries a through ball, but Alexander Satariano is caught offside.
86': Goal! Estonia 2, Malta 1. Henri Anier (Estonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergei Zenjov.
89': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
89': Teddy Teuma (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Substitution, Malta. Luke Montebello replaces Alexander Satariano.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Karol Mets (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vlasiy Sinyavskiy.
90'+3': Substitution, Estonia. Robert Kirss replaces Sergei Zenjov.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Estonia 2, Malta 1.
0': Match ends, Estonia 2, Malta 1.

Statistics

MLT		EST
11	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	0
57	Possession	43
10	SHOTS	8
1	ON GOAL	5
0.1	On Target %	0.6
1	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
378	Accurate Passes	257
483	Passes	357
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	2
13	Crosses	19
0.4	Cross %	0.1
54	Long Balls	69
21	Accurate Long Balls	39
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
4	Blocked Shots	2
10	Effective Tackles	16
16	Tackles	28
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
15	Interceptions	14
20	Effective Clearances	13
20	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: A. Le Coq Arena
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Attendance: 5,539

UEFA Nations League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Azerbaijan	4	+2	8
2	Lithuania	3	+1	4
3	Liechtenstein	3	-3	1

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Estonia (5-3-2)

No.	Name
12	Karl Hein (GK)
16	Joonas Tamm
18	Karol Mets
2	Henrik Pürg
19	Ken Kallaste
11	Henrik Ojamaa
6	Markus Soomets
14	Konstantin Vassiljev
13	Bogdan Vastsuk
15	Rauno Sappinen
10	Sergei Zenjov

Estonia Substitutes:

Rocco Robert Shein, Rasmus Peetson, Martin Miller, Henri Anier, Karl Andre Vallner, Robert Kirss, Erik Sorga, Matvei Igonen, Taijo Teniste, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy, Nikita Baranov, Artur Pikk.

Malta (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Henry Bonello (GK)
13	Enrico Pepe
5	Jean Borg
2	Cain Attard
11	Brandon Paiber
6	Matthew Guillaumier
3	Ryan Camenzuli
7	Joseph Mbong
17	Teddy Teuma
20	Jodi Jones
14	Alexander Satariano

Malta Substitutes:

Jake Galea, James Brown, Jurgen Degabriele, Zach Muscat, Paul Mbong, Matias Ariel Garcia, Cain Formosa, Bjorn Kristensen, Steve Borg, Luke Montebello, Ferdinando Apap, Shaun Dimech.

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