Cyprus vs Lithuania Prediction

Yet another international break is upon us, and whilst it might not be your favourite time of the year, there’s still value to be found.

We’re taking a look at Friday’s game, where Sofronis Avgousti’s Cyprus host Edgaras Jankauskas’ Lithuani side.

Key Stats

• Lithuania have lost their last five games
• Cyprus won 1-0 last time these sides met
• Cyprus are ranked 14 places higher than Lithuania

Team Previews, Form, and Standout Players

Both teams will have mixed feelings about their start to the Nations League season, with them occupying the bottom two spots, but Cyprus will be the happier of the two.

Cyprus Preview

Cyprus Predicted Line-up - Joel Mall; Minas Antoniou, Stelios Andreou, Konstantinos Laifis, Nicholas Ioannou; Ioannis Kousoulos, Kostakis Artymatas; Loizos Loizou, Grigoris Kastanos, Marinos Tzionis; Ioannis Pittas

Cyprus will be happy and confident ahead of this game, despite their 3-0 loss to Kosovo last time out.

A win pretty much guarantees a finish above their opponents, given Lithuania haven’t looked close to getting a result in the competition so far.

Ioannis Pittas will be looking to add to his solitary goal so far in this competition.

Lithuania Preview

Lithuania Predicted Line-up - Edvinas Gertmonas; Pijus Sirvys, Rokas Lekiatas, Edvinas Girdvainis, Artemijus Tutyskinas; Modestas Vorobjovas, Gvidas Gineitis; Vykintas Slivka, Paulis Golubickas, Justas Lasickas; Armandas Kucys

We’d expect Lithuania to remain unchanged for this fixture, given they provided a competitive performance last time out against Romania.

However, other than the penalty they scored, goals looked hard to come by for the away side.

Armandas Kucys will be looking to add to his tally of two, in what will be a hard fought meeting.

Head To Head Stats: Cyprus vs Lithuania

These two sides have met twice since 2023. Of these games, Cyprus have won both meetings.

6th September 2024 - Lithuania 0-1 Cyprus - Nations League

19th November 2023 - Cyprus 1-0 Lithuania - Friendly

Betting Tips For Cyprus vs Lithuania

I think the head to head history between these sides is very telling for this fixture, although it’ll be close, Cyprus just edge their opponents in every sense of the word.

They’ll get the all important three points to almost guarantee safety from the relegation play-offs.

Overall we think the best bet to place for this game would be Cyprus to win, backed up by our research.

Odds of 13/10 on Ladbrokes mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £23 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Cyprus vs Lithuania

Cyprus 1-0 Lithuania

It won’t be easy, but Cyprus will get their third 1-0 win in a row over their opponents.

At the same time, Scotland host Croatia.