Over the last meetings Malta holds victories - 1, losses - 4 and draws - 0. Northern Ireland on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 1, losses - 4 and draws - 0. Based on this data we can assume that rivals are in similar shape.
Malta: Northern Ireland (W) – (Loss 4:0), Switzerland (W) – (Loss 1:4), Turkey (W) – (Loss 3:0), Croatia (W) – (Loss 0:3), Croatia (W) – (Win 3:2).
Northern Ireland: Malta (W) – (Win 4:0), Turkey (W) – (Loss 0:1), Switzerland (W) – (Loss 2:0), Iceland (W) – (Loss 3:0), Iceland (W) – (Loss 0:2).