Luxembourg sit second in Group B after picking up three points from their opening two matches, beating Lithuania 2-1 in their only qualifying match so far. It’s going to be a tough ask for either of these countries to finish outside of the bottom two in the Euro 2020 qualifiers, as Ukraine, Portugal, and Serbia make up the rest of the five teams in Group B.
Lithuania were held to a goalless draw away at another of the improving nations Azerbaijan in their last match back in March, where despite the game being a friendly, a clean sheet on the road will have been a major positive for the Lithuanians. Luxembourg also drew their March friendly at home to Madagascar, playing a mixed starting eleven of experience and youth. The hosts needed two stoppage time goals to rescue a draw after Thill had given Luxembourg the lead only to see the visitors move 3-1 in front shortly after the hour mark. Selimovic scored on his Luxembourg debut to make it 3-2 in the ninety-first minute and under sixty-seconds later captain Jans equalised to spare the home sides blushes.
The head to head record between these two countries and their performances since the latter stages of 2018, all point towards both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals being produced, with the most likely result being a draw. The last two meetings between these two countries saw both teams score and over 2.5 goals, with Luxembourg wining two of those three three, but this is the time the pair have clashed in Lithuania. Lithuania have lost five and drawn one of their last six matches, while Luxembourg have won two, drawn two, and lost two of their last six. Both teams scored and over 2.5 goals were produced in four of Lithuania’s last six and each of Luxembourg’s last three matches, which is why we’re backing Friday’s game to end in a 2-2 draw.
Luxembourg sit second in Group B after picking up three points from their opening two matches, beating Lithuania 2-1 in their only qualifying match so far. It’s going to be a tough ask for either of these countries to finish outside of the bottom two in the Euro 2020 qualifiers, as Ukraine, Portugal, and Serbia make up the rest of the five teams in Group B.
Lithuania were held to a goalless draw away at another of the improving nations Azerbaijan in their last match back in March, where despite the game being a friendly, a clean sheet on the road will have been a major positive for the Lithuanians. Luxembourg also drew their March friendly at home to Madagascar, playing a mixed starting eleven of experience and youth. The hosts needed two stoppage time goals to rescue a draw after Thill had given Luxembourg the lead only to see the visitors move 3-1 in front shortly after the hour mark. Selimovic scored on his Luxembourg debut to make it 3-2 in the ninety-first minute and under sixty-seconds later captain Jans equalised to spare the home sides blushes.
The head to head record between these two countries and their performances since the latter stages of 2018, all point towards both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals being produced, with the most likely result being a draw. The last two meetings between these two countries saw both teams score and over 2.5 goals, with Luxembourg wining two of those three three, but this is the time the pair have clashed in Lithuania. Lithuania have lost five and drawn one of their last six matches, while Luxembourg have won two, drawn two, and lost two of their last six. Both teams scored and over 2.5 goals were produced in four of Lithuania’s last six and each of Luxembourg’s last three matches, which is why we’re backing Friday’s game to end in a 2-2 draw.