Cyprus and Malta drew 2-2. Best on the pitch was Pieros Sotiriou, rated 7.7.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   CYP 3-4-3·3-4-2-1 MAL
   Coach: N. Kostenoglou · D. MangiaReferee: D. Higler📍 AEK Arena - George Karapatakis
2. 1. First half
   2. -5'
      MAL
      Yellow card
      N. Muscat
   3. 6'
      CYP
      GOOOAL!Fotis PapoulisAssist: C. Kyriakou
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲S. Pisani▼T. Caruana
   3. 53'
      MAL
      GOOOAL!Zach MuscatAssist: S. Pisani
   4. 57'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Kurt Shaw▼Steve Borg
   5. 58'
      CYP
      Yellow card
      M. Demetriou
   6. 61'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲Andronikos Kakoullis▼L. Loizou
   7. 71'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Shaun Dimech▼Paul Mbong
   8. 71'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Jurgen Degabriele▼J. Grech
   9. 79'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲Ioannis Pittas▼S. Andreou
   10. 79'
       CYP
       Substitution
       ▲A. Gogić▼C. Kyriakou
   11. 80'
       CYP
       GOOOAL!Pieros SotiriouAssist: I. Pittas
   12. 80'
       MAL
       Yellow card
       Teddy Teuma
   13. 82'
       MAL
       Substitution
       ▲J. Galea▼H. Bonello
   14. 86'
       CYP
       Substitution
       ▲N. Panagiotou▼Fotis Papoulis
   15. 86'
       CYP
       Substitution
       ▲P. Psaltis▼M. Demetriou
   16. 90+1'
       CYP
       Yellow card
       Pieros Sotiriou
   17. 90+7'
       CYP
       Yellow card
       Nicholas Ioannou
   18. 90+8'
       MAL
       GOOOAL!Jurgen DegabrieleAssist: T. Teuma