Lithuania vs Ukraine is a match that takes place in Group B of the EURO 2020 preliminaries. It is a balanced group where we still find Serbia, Portugal and Luxembourg. The two eligible places to qualify for the final tournament are played by Ukraine, Serbia and Portugal. The match is scheduled for Saturday, September 7, 2019, at LFF Stadionas in Vilnius.

Lithuania is considered the weakest team in the group

Lithuania has only two wins in the last 26 matches played, starting with November 2016. The successes were achieved in two friendly matches, with Sri Lanka and Armenia. Both came from Lithuania. If we only refer to the last 10 meetings, the record is even darker, with eight defeats and two equal results. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are the two teams with which the draw was obtained.

Let us not forget that in the new competition established, the UEFA Nations League, took the last place in the group and relegated to the last league. The problems seem to come from the misunderstandings of the players, who are called to the lot, with the football federation. No agreement has been reached regarding the firsts, and the players do nothing but tick these games, trying every time to avoid injuries.

Lithuania is the last of the group in the conditions in which it disputed two parties with Luxembourg, 1-1 at home and 1-2 away. He played another match in Serbia, losing 1-4. Arvydas Novikovas, with two goals scored, is the team’s scorer in these preliminaries. The player of the Warsaw Law is injured and is not present in the group for the meeting with Ukraine.

Ukraine had a strong start in the group

After the first four matches played, Ukraine placed first in Group B, with 10 points. He managed to score the six points, normal, with Luxembourg, but he won four points in front of the teams that beat directly for qualification, Sebia (5-0) and Portugal (0-0).

She is very careful in the matches with the strong teams, but leaves room for surprises with the formations considered smaller, without hope. This was the case when traveling from Luxembourg, where a self-scoring goal, scored in the 93rd minute, was needed to win.

Andrei Shevchenko, Ukraine’s former glory, came to the national leadership in 2016. He tried to give this formation his personality. He missed the qualification at the World Cup 2018, after giving in to Kiev, with Croatia, in the group final. He won again in the UEFA Nations League, where he was promoted to the elite league. Now the main objective is to qualify for the final EURO 2020 tournament. Viktor Tsygankov is the team’s goalscorer, with 3 goals scored.

Lithuania vs Ukraine Picks

In direct meetings Lithuania has often posed problems for Ukraine. They were in the same preliminary group at EURO 2008 and 1996 and each time the victories were divided. Now the difference between the two is huge. Ukraine has managed to become one of the strongest European bands and is joining the fight for attendance at the final tournaments. The guest team is the favorite to win this meeting, but because the bookmakers offered a very low fee I chose to go on at least two goals scored.

Our prediction: Over 2.5

Odds: 2.10