Azerbaijan vs. Lithuania - prediction, team news, lineups

Azerbaijan and Lithuania conscionable for the 2nd clip successful 7 days erstwhile some teams look disconnected astatine Neftci Arena successful Baku successful a UEFA Nations League clash.  

The matchday 3 brushwood successful League D features 2 unbeaten sides, with Lithuania earning 4 points compared to their hosts’ two.

Match preview

Previously, Azerbaijan would person approached Sunday’s Nations League clash with Lithuania looking to overtake their visitors with a victory.  

However, the alteration successful the competition’s format aft the 2026-27 play means that each broadside successful League D advances to League C, careless of their standing.  

This efficaciously turns this weekend’s lucifer — and each different 1 successful this signifier — into a formality, adjacent if results could impact the satellite rankings of the teams involved.  

With nary pressure, Aykhan Abbasov’s broadside participate this play aft back-to-back draws successful Group 2 of League D, culminating successful a 1-1 necktie against Lithuania to reason September earlier their crippled against Liechtenstein connected Thursday ended goalless.  

Having gone winless successful League C successful the erstwhile season, starring to their relegation, Milli Komanda are present without a triumph successful 8 consecutive matches crossed Leagues C and D.  

It volition beryllium intriguing to spot if that dismal tally ends connected Sunday, arsenic Abbasov’s men purpose to decision the squad up of them successful their radical with 4 points, adjacent if last standings are irrelevant owed to the promotion of each federation successful League D to C.  

Nonetheless, Lithuania volition strive to support their long-standing unbeaten streak successful this fixture, adjacent though some nations person lone met 4 times successful recorded history.  

Rinktine person not mislaid to Azerbaijan successful 3 encounters since their opening lucifer successful June 1998, a spread of 28 years.  

Lithuania secured triumph successful their adjacent gathering successful March 2008, but the consequent 2 contests ended successful draws of 0-0 and 1-1.  

Little separated some teams successful their astir caller 1-1 gully successful Kaunas, wherever some goals came successful the opening 15 minutes, and the people remained unchanged for the remainder of the match.  

With Edgaras Jankauskas’s squad having ended a six-match losing streak successful the Nations League by defeating Liechtenstein connected September 24, the Tricolours purpose for their 2nd triumph successful 3 to support their pb aft the planetary break. 

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Team News

Abbasov’s broadside appears to beryllium successful bully wellness aft facing Lithuania and Liechtenstein without wounded concerns.  

However, Emin Mahmudov was an unused substitute for Azerbaijan erstwhile the teams met little than a week ago, yet nary subordinate for Milli Komanda has much than the Neftci star’s 16 goals, making him the apt focal constituent successful attack.  

Armandas Kucys is apt to instrumentality connected that relation for Lithuania, heading into the play with 7 planetary goals, the highest successful the squad.  

Gvidas Gineitis, who plays for Torino successful Serie A, whitethorn besides supply an attacking menace for Trispalves connected Sunday. 

Azerbaijan imaginable starting lineup:

Balayev; Mutallimov, Badalov, Kryvotsyuk, Bayramov; Khaybulayev, Mahmudov; Emreli, Sadykhov, Isgandarli; Qurbanli

Lithuania imaginable starting lineup:

Bartkus; Armalas, Utkus, Tutyskinas; Lickunas, Michelbrink, Gineitis, Lasickas; Slivka, Dolznikov; Kucys

We say: Azerbaijan 1-1 Lithuania

Although the competitory stakes person been wholly removed by the caller promotion format, some nations volition inactive spot this brushwood arsenic a invaluable accidental to physique momentum.  

With the sides evenly matched successful their caller 1-1 gully and some having susceptible attacking options, we expect different intimately fought matter to extremity successful a hard-fought stock of the spoils successful Baku.

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