After the defeat in the previous game against England, Italy is forced to win here and I believe they will do it easily.

Malta is one of the worst european national teams, were defeated and outplayed by North Macedonia 2:1 in the opening game, scoring a late goal and showing a very poor performance. Their first shot on target came after 80 minutes, when the score was 2:0 already.

Have a very poor squad, full of players from local leagues and only a few of them playing in some average European sides like Teddy Teuma from Royale Union in Belgium. They also have some debutants with the national team, such as Yankam Yannick.

On the other hand, Italy played well against England but were defeated 1:2 which makes it more difficult for them now to reach the first position. Anyway I see them here with huge potential, as the second half against England were pretty good and were close to achieve the draw.

Italy has a great record in EURO Qualifiers, against England breaking their run of 40 games unbeaten in EURO Qualifiers (since 2006) and 14 victories in a row (since 2015).

They are pretty motivated here as they are coming also from a defeat against Austria 2:0 in a friendly, added to England’s game, they can’t afford three defeats in a row. They need to recover their confidence and for that, it’s mandatory to make a solid performance from the first minutes and score goals. The rival, scenario and match is perfect for that: they will dominate the game and have full control, and in front of them will have a very weak and poor team who will be just defending and hoping to not concede too many goals.

We don't have too many games recently from Malta against top european teams, but for example in World Cup Qualifiers (2021) Croatia beat them 1:7, Slovakia 0:6 and Slovenia 0:4. Seeing Italy's current situation and potential, they should be able to achieve a similar score here.

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在上一场对阵英格兰的比赛中失利后，意大利被迫在这里获胜，我相信他们会很容易做到。

马耳他是欧洲最差的国家队之一，在揭幕战中被北马其顿2:1击败，在最后时刻打进一球，表现非常糟糕。他们第一次射正是在80分钟后，当时比分已经是2:0。

球队阵容很差，全是来自当地联赛的球员，只有少数人在一些普通的欧洲球队效力，比如比利时皇家联盟的特迪特马。他们也有一些第一次进入国家队的球员，比如Yankam Yannick。

另一方面，意大利在对阵英格兰的比赛中表现出色，但以1:2的比分被击败，这使得他们现在更难进入第一名的位置。不管怎样，我认为他们在这里有着巨大的潜力，因为他们在下半场对阵英格兰的比赛中表现得相当不错，而且他们差点就被逼平了。

意大利在欧洲杯预选赛中战绩优异，对阵英格兰打破了他们在欧洲杯预选赛中40场不败(自2006年以来)和14场连胜(自2015年以来)的记录。

他们在这里很有动力，因为他们在友谊赛中2:0输给了奥地利，加上英格兰的比赛，他们不能承受三连败。他们需要恢复信心，为此，他们必须从第一分钟开始就有稳定的表现并进球。对手、场景和比赛都是完美的:他们将主宰比赛，拥有完全的控制权，而在他们面前的将是一支非常弱和糟糕的球队，他们只是在防守，希望不要丢太多球。

我们最近没有太多来自马耳他与欧洲顶级球队的比赛，但例如在世界杯预选赛(2021年)中，克罗地亚1:7击败他们，斯洛伐克0:6，斯洛文尼亚0:4。从意大利的现状和潜力来看，他们应该能够在这里取得类似的成绩。