Lithuania will get their UEFA Nations League campaign underway when they square off against Luxembourg at the LFF Stadium in Group C1 on Saturday with kickoff at 19:00.
The two will also take on Faroe Islands and Turkey in the group as they bid to earn a promotion to the second tier. It’s a fairy open group and thus these two will look to get their campaigns underway positively.
Both Lithuania and Luxembourg head into the match in poor forms with the hosts winning just two of their last 15 matches, suffering 12 defeats the run and are coming off a 1-0 defeat to Ireland, while the visitors have only won one of their last eight matches across all competitions, suffering six defeats in the run and are coming off three consecutive defeats to Ireland, Northern Ireland and Bosnia.
However, Lithuania can take some confidence from victories over Bulgaria and San Marino over the last eight months, but they head into Saturday’s fixture having failed to win any of their last three meetings against Luxembourg. Therefore we expect a very close encounter on Saturday.
Lithuania vs Luxembourg head to head
Both sides have met in four encounters since 2009 with Luxembourg claiming two victories while Lithuania have claimed one victory and there have been one draw.
- Lithuania 1-1 Luxembourg 07/06/19
- Luxembourg 2-1 Lithuania 22/03/19
- Luxembourg 2-1 Lithuania 14/08/13
- Luxembourg 0-1 Lithuania 12/08/09
Home
- Ireland 1-0 Lithuania
- San Marino 1-2 Lithuania
- Lithuania 1-1 Kuwait
- Northern Ireland 1-0 Lithuania
- Lithuania 0-4 Switzerland
Away
- Bosnia 1-0 Luxembourg
- Luxembourg 1-3 Northern Ireland
- Luxembourg 0-3 Ireland
- Azerbaijan 1-3 Luxembourg
- Portugal 5-0 Luxembourg
Lithuania team news
Lithuania’s manager Valdas Ivanauskas has called a 25-man squad with no injury or suspension concerns.
Luxembourg team news
Luxembourg called a 26-man squad for the competition with the likes of Daniel Sinani, Christopher Martins, Laurent Jans and Mica Pinto all included.
Prediction and odds
- Double, Draws 0r Luxembourg win
- Both sides to score
- Goals under 2.5
