Both Faroe Islands and Luxembourg will be looking for their second victories in the UEFA Nations League when they lock horns this Wednesday at Tórsvøllur. Kickoffs at 21:45 EAT.
The hosts have spent the first two editions of the Nations League in League D; the Faroe Islands are currently experiencing League C for the first time after winning promotion to the third tier of the competition. After coming up well short in their opening Nations League encounter, the Faroe Islands will be grateful to return to home territory for two fixtures against Luxembourg and Lithuania, with the hosts unbeaten in their last four Nations League home games.
Faroe Islands will be hoping for positive results here following 4-0 Nations League trashing at the hands of Turkey. In that game, Faroe Islands managed 23% possession and four shots with none of them on target. Turkey got 17 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Cengiz Ünder (37′), Halil Dervişoğlu (47′), Serdar Dursun (82′) and Merih Demiral (85′).
Meanwhile, after an away success Luxembourg will now turn their attention to Tuesday’s away meeting against a nation that is ranked 30 places below them in the FIFA world rankings. The visitors will be confident that they can achieve a positive result on Tuesday, having lost only one of their last five Nations League encounters. Also, their away record in the competition will also offer cause for optimism, with three of their last four Nations League away games resulting in victory
Luxembourg takes this trip off the back of 0-2 Nations League triumph over Lithuania in most recent outing. In that game, Luxembourg had 55% possession, 17 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Danel Sinani (44′, 78′). Lithuania got 11 shots with two of them on target.
Faroe Islands vs Luxembourg head to head
Wednesday’s fixture will be the second direct encounter between these two sides since 2010.
- Luxembourg 0-0 Faroe Islands 04/06/10
Home
- Turkey 4-0 Faroe Islands
- Liechtenstein 0-1 Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar 0-0 Faroe Islands
- Israel 3-2 Faroe Islands
- Denmark 3-1 Faroe Islands
Away
- Lithuania 0-2 Luxembourg
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-0 Luxembourg
- Luxembourg 1-3 Northern Ireland
- Luxembourg 0-3 Ireland
- Azerbaijan 1-3 Luxembourg
Faroe Islands team news
Manager Håkan Ericson will take to the pitch with a clean bill of health in his ranks.
Luxembourg team news
Boss Luc Holtz has not reported any fitness or suspension concerns ahead of this meeting.
Prediction and odds
Faroe Islands in the competitive outings is not so impressive. They lost four of the past five home outings leaking goals at a good rate while we think Luxembourg might utilize the confidence gained from Saturday’s win to secure a narrow victory.
- Luxembourg Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
