Buoyed by Wednesday’s impressive 3-0 win over Cyprus, Malta's national football team is bracing itself for another tough test when Malta face Slovenia in a World Cup 2022 qualifier in Ljubljana on Saturday evening (kick-off: 6pm).
Malta is currently on four points in Group H after four games and is now just a draw away from matching its record haul of five points during a qualifying campaign - something it achieved during the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
Two goals from Cain Attard and another from Joseph Mbong handed Malta its first-ever victory in a World Cup qualifier on home soil in mid-week and the team enters Saturday's match with morale sky-high.
However, Malta coach Devis Mangia is trying to keep the team’s feet rooted firmly on the ground and has warned that Slovenia will be a far tougher opponent than Cyprus.
Mangia said Malta would need to do better at defending set-pieces and hinted that there might be changes in the team's starting line-up.