The Russian national team confidently won the game with Cyprus. So far, the change of coach has helped the team to solve the task of qualifying for the World Cup. The final opponent in September is another clear outsider of the group. Malta has made significant progress in recent years. If earlier the team was associated with the level of San Marino and Andorra, now the islanders are going to improve their status. Malta has achieved two historic results in the qualification. They had an away draw in the game with Slovakia and defeated Cyprus with a big score. The Maltese also looked quite nice when playing with Russia (1:3). At the same time, an outsider has no chance in Moscow. Russia should play well at home. The guests should not attack at all. Karpin's team can win, but five goals will clearly be too much. Malta is not so weak as San Marino.