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Malta U21 vs Northern Ireland U21

FA Cup
Malta
0-0-10
0-4
Final
N Ireland
4-2-4
MFA Centenary Stadium

Match pulse

MLTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTNIR
2'Brooklyn BorgMLT30'Josh BriggsNIR68'Nathan CrossMLT
Team1H2HT
MLT000
NIR224

Who won: N Ireland 4-0

Northern Ireland U21 beat Malta U21 4-0 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at MFA Centenary Stadium. Goals for N Ireland: Shea Kearney (31'), Jack Patterson (43', 63') and Bayley Mccann (72').

Player of the game

Stephen Mcmullan

NIR · clean sheet

7.1

Play by play

  1. 82'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Daniel Letherby (Malta U21) Substitution at 82'

    D. Letherby

  2. 78'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Devlan Moses (Northern Ireland U21) Substitution at 78'

    D. Moses

  3. 78'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Ryan Donnelly (Northern Ireland U21) Substitution at 78'

    R. Donnelly

  4. 78'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Kalum Thompson (Northern Ireland U21) Substitution at 78'

    K. Thompson

  5. GOAL72'

    Goal!

    B. Mccann

    Bayley Mccann (Northern Ireland U21) Goal at 72'

    MLT 0 - 4 NIR
  6. 70'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Kai Bartolo (Malta U21) Substitution at 70'

    K. Bartolo

  7. 70'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Alfie Bridgman (Malta U21) Substitution at 70'

    A. Bridgman

  8. 70'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Bjorn Buhagiar (Malta U21) Substitution at 70'

    B. Buhagiar

  9. 68'

    Yellow card

    Nathan Cross (Malta U21) Yellow Card at 68'

    N. Cross

  10. 66'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Callum Burnside (Northern Ireland U21) Substitution at 66'

    C. Burnside

  11. 65'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Conor Haughey (Northern Ireland U21) Substitution at 65'

    C. Haughey

  12. GOAL63'

    Goal!

    J. Patterson

    Jack Patterson (Northern Ireland U21) Goal at 63'

    MLT 0 - 3 NIR
  13. 45'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Trezeguet Zammit (Malta U21) Substitution at 45'

    T. Zammit

  14. GOAL43'

    Goal!

    J. Patterson

    Jack Patterson (Northern Ireland U21) Goal at 43'

    MLT 0 - 2 NIR
  15. GOAL31'

    Goal!

    S. Kearney

    Shea Kearney (Northern Ireland U21) Goal at 31'

    MLT 0 - 1 NIR
  16. 30'

    Yellow card

    Josh Briggs (Northern Ireland U21) Yellow Card at 30'

    J. Briggs

  17. 2'

    Yellow card

    Brooklyn Borg (Malta U21) Yellow Card at 2'

    B. Borg

Season seriesMLT leads series 2-1