Valletta midfielder Rowen Muscat has failed to recover from an injury he sustained while playing for his club earlier this month while Floriana’s Jurgen Pisani sustained a knee injury during training with the national squad on Monday.
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Forward Andrè Schembri, who plays for Portuguese club Boavista, reported for training on Tuesday while the other three foreign-based players, namely Arezzo defender Zach Muscat, Luton Town winger Luke Gambin and defender Sam Magri, who plays for Dover Athletic, joined up with their international team-mates on Monday.
Missing from the squad are defenders Andrei Agius and Jonathan Caruana, both suspended.
Slovakia, who trounced Lithuania 4-0 in their last qualifier, have six points, four behind pace-setters England who host Lithuania at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
The other Group F qualifier is between Scotland, who have four points, and second-placed Slovenia, on eight points.
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