Lithuania vs Cyprus Predictions & Tips – Low-Scoring Affair Expected in Kaunas

Vedran Ostojic

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Last updated: 04 Sep 2024

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Both sides struggled offensively in UEFA Nations League
Will we witness another low-scoring affair in Kaunas?
Check out our predictions and betting tips below

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Cyprus have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 matches in UEFA Nations League (Getty)

Lithuania vs Cyprus Preview

Lithuania had horrible efficiency in the Nations League last season, bagging two goals in six games. Cyprus are struggled and scored four, so I am expecting goals to be at premium on Thursday in Kaunas.

Lithuania vs Cyprus Preview
Head to Head
Lithuania Form
Lithuania Squad & Team News
Cyprus Form
Cyprus Squad & Team News

Lithuania have seen under 2.5 goals in 7 of their last 8 matches.
Lithuania have seen under 1.5 goals in 3 of their last 5 matches.
Lithuania have seen under 1.5 goals in 2 of their last 4 matches against Cyprus.
Cyprus have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 matches (UEFA Nations League).

Head to Head

Cyprus have a 3-1 advantage against Lithuania in 4 matches.

They last met in November 2023, game being won by Cyprus 1-0.

Lithuania Form

Lithuania’s most recent appearances were in June in the Baltic Cup. They were victorious in the semi-finals against Latvia 2-0, Armandas Kucys breaking the deadlock in the 48th minute, Artur Dolzinkov finishing the job later.

The Yellow and Greens then lost to Estonia in the finals after a penalty shootout, regular time ending 1-1 with Giedrius Matulevviciuys finding a late equalizer.

Edgaras Jankauskas’ side finished last in their UEFA Nations League C group last season behind Turkey, Luxembourg and Faroe Islands, but defeated Gibraltar 2-0 on aggregate in the relegation playoffs to stay in the division.

Lithuania Squad & Team News


Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	Universitatea Cluj
GK	Deividas Mikelionis	FK Kauno Žalgiris
GK	Mantas Bertašius	FK Banga
DF	Justas Lasickas	Olimpija
DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	SV Sandhausen
DF	Linas Klimavičius	FK Panevėžys
DF	Pijus Širvys	NK Maribor
DF	Rokas Lekiatas	FC U Craiova 1948
DF	Dominykas Barauskas	GKS Górnik Łęczna
DF	Kipras Kažukolovas	FC Astana
DF	Artemijus Tutyškinas	ŁKS Łódź
DF	Klaudijus Upstas	FC Hegelmann
MF	Vykintas Slivka	Sagan Tosu
MF	Ovidijus Verbickas	FK Žalgiris
MF	Modestas Vorobjovas	İstanbulspor
MF	Daniel Romanovskij	FA Šiauliai
MF	Artūr Dolžnikov	FK Kauno Žalgiris
MF	Giedrius Matulevičius	FK Žalgiris
MF	Titas Milašius	MKP Pogoń Siedlce
MF	Matas Vareika	FC Hegelmann
MF	Domantas Antanavičius	FC Hegelmann
MF	Tomas Kalinauskas	Burton Albion FC
FW	Gytis Paulauskas	FC Kolos Kovalivka
FW	Armandas Kučys	NK Celje
FW	Valdas Paulauskas	FK Banga

Emilijus Zubas, Edgaras Utkus and Gvidas Gineitis are injured.

Fedor Černych was not called up.

Cyprus Form

Cyprus struggled in the previous edition of UEFA Nations League. They competed in League C and claimed five points in six games against Greece, Kosovo and Northern Ireland, ending last.

Their most recent appearances were in international friendlies in June, losing the first match to Moldova 3-2 despite having a 2-1 advantage for 70 minutes, Ioannis Pittas and Danilo Spoljaric on target.

Cyprus returned to winning ways a couple of days later against San Marino 4-1, Grigoris Kastanos being the man of the match scoring a brace.

Cyprus Squad & Team News


No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Constantinos Panagi	8 October 1994 (age 29)	Omonia
13	GK	Demetris Demetriou	15 January 1999 (age 25)	Apollon Limassol
22	GK	Joël Mall	5 April 1991 (age 33)	Servette
2	DF	Andreas Karo	9 September 1996 (age 27)	Maccabi Petah Tikva
4	DF	Nicholas Ioannou	10 November 1995 (age 28)	Como
7	DF	Anderson Correia	6 May 1991 (age 33)	Anorthosis Famagusta
14	DF	Kostas Pileas	11 December 1998 (age 25)	Panserraikos
16	DF	Stelios Andreou	24 July 2002 (age 22)	Charleroi
18	DF	Nikolas Panayiotou	12 May 2000 (age 24)	Omonia
19	DF	Konstantinos Laifis	19 May 1993 (age 31)	Standard Liège
3	MF	Hector Kyprianou	27 May 2001 (age 23)	Peterborough United
5	MF	Charalampos Charalampous	4 April 2002 (age 22)	Omonia
6	MF	Alex Gogić	13 April 1994 (age 30)	St Mirren
8	MF	Ioannis Kousoulos	14 June 1996 (age 28)	Omonia
12	MF	Charalambos Kyriakou	9 February 1995 (age 29)	Apollon Limassol
15	MF	Danilo Špoljarić	14 July 1999 (age 25)	Apollon Limassol
20	MF	Grigoris Kastanos	30 January 1998 (age 26)	Salernitana
9	FW	Ioannis Pittas	10 July 1996 (age 28)	AIK
10	FW	Loizos Loizou	18 July 2003 (age 21)	Heerenveen
11	FW	Andronikos Kakoullis	3 May 2001 (age 23)	Omonia
21	FW	Stavros Gavriel	29 January 2002 (age 22)	APOEL
23	FW	Constantinos Elia	25 October 2000 (age 23)	Ethnikos Achna

Konstantinos Laifis has made 55 appearances for the national team, highest on this roster.

Ioannis Pittas is the top scorer with 4 goals in 36 appearances.

Verdict

Lithuania v Cyprus

These two sides combined have scored just six goals in 12 UEFA Nations League games last season. I expect a low-scoring game in Lithuania, under 2.5 goals being the best bet.

Under 2.5 Goals

Total Goals

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