Gibraltar vs Liechtenstein Match Analysis and Prediction

Gibraltar vs Liechtenstein Match Analysis & Prediction

Gibraltar

08/09/2024 7:00 pm

Liechtenstein

by Vincent

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Liechtenstein will be looking to respond to a disappointing defeat in their group opener when they travel to Gibraltar in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday.

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The visitors made the headlines for all the wrong reasons on Thursday, becoming the first team ever to lose a competitive match to San Marino.

Twenty years had passed since Liechtenstein became the first, and to date, the only nation ever to suffer defeat to San Marino in an international game.

Not only does the result bring Liechtenstein unwanted attention, it also hugely damages any hopes they had of competing for promotion to League C in this Nations League campaign.

With Gibraltar expected to beat San Marino home and away in this three-team section, Liechtenstein may need to take four points off Gibraltar, while also avenging San Marino for Thursday’s defeat, if they want any chance of promotion.

Liechtenstein had lost 24 games in a row before drawing 1-1 with Latvia without having a shot on target in March, before somehow coming away from Romania with a goalless draw in June despite conceding 35 shots and having just one themselves.

Gibraltar will be the side lokking to capitalise on that bruising defeat for the visitors, and their promising recent results suggest that they are now heavy favourites to top the section.

Julio Cesar Ribas’ side were the only nation relegated from League C in the last edition on the Nations League, losing a two-legged playoff to Lithuania back in March.

That came on the back of Gibraltar making similarly unwanted headlines back in November, when they set the record for the largest-ever defeat in a competitive European game – losing 14-0 to France.

However, after the disappointment of relegation, Gibraltar kept the score down to a 2-0 defeat to Scotland before a surprise goalless draw with Wales, which led to Rob Page leaving his role as manager for their opponents.

With just three nations in the group, there will be an odd team out during each matchday, and that was Gibraltar in the opener, as they played a friendly against Andorra to fill the gap.

A 1-0 victory for Gibraltar on Wednesday should instil much confidence into the side ahead of facing two nations in this section ranked much lower than Andorra, so three points will make them resounding favourites to reach the promotion playoff for League C in the hope of returning at the first time of asking.

Gibraltar vs. Liechtenstein Head to head

In the previous six meetings between these two teams, Gibraltar have claimed three victories while Liechtenstein have won one, and they have drawn in two. Liechtenstein have scored four goals and conceded six in the process.

09/09/2018

liechtenstein

2

Gibraltar

0

Nations League
16/10/2018

Gibraltar

2

Liechtenstein

1

Nations League
10/10/2020

Liechtenstein

0

Gibraltar

1

Nations League
17/11/2020

Gibraltar

1

Liechtenstein

1

Nations League
16/11/2022

Gibraltar

2

Liechtenstein

0

Friendlies

Gibraltar Team News

Ribas has been unable to call upon Jack Sergeant and Kian Ronan for this international window, with the pair out injured, and Ethan Jolley has joined them on the sidelines after sustaining an issue against Andorra.

That has allowed 19-year-old Liam Jessop to be handed a first call up, and he could feature along with Manchester United’s 17-year-old James Scanlon, who already has five caps for the national team.

Gibraltar's Last 5 Matches

21/03/2024

Gibraltar

0

Lithuania

1

Nations League
26/03/2024

Lithuania

1

Gibraltar

0

Nations League
03/06/2024

Gibraltar

0

Scotland

2

Friendlies
06/06/2024

Gibraltar

0

Wales

0

Friendlies
04/09/2024

Gibraltar

1

Andorra

0

Friendlies

Liechtenstein Team News

One certain starter should be captain Nicolas Hasler, who is just five caps short of reaching a century, while teenager Fabio Luque-Notaro made a good account of himself, scoring in the first half only to see it chalked off by VAR.

The one notable injury for Liectenstein coming into the week was that of Philipp Ospelt, who had to leave the camp early in June, and is yet to make a full recovery.