Lithuania vs Luxembourg Predictions

• Lithuania have lost seven of their last 11 competitive home games outside of the Baltic Cup.
• Luxembourg won two of their four away World Cup qualifying games against opponents both ranked higher than Lithuania.
• Six of Lithuania’s last seven home defeats have been by more than one goal.

Red Lions could make Lithuania look like a pub side 

Luxembourg are consistent enough to get the job done when they open their Nations League C Group 1 campaign looking for a win in Vilnius. The Red Lions are a well-organised bunch with greater depth to their squad now than at any time in their history, although top quality is still in short supply.

The spine of Luc Holtz’s side is pretty handy with goalkeeper Anthony Moris a regular for surprise Belgian title contenders Union SG, defender Maxime Chanot one of the best in the MLS and midfielder Christopher Martins having strutted his stuff in the Champions League with Young Boys this past season.

The hosts have no such pedigree about their squad and come into this fixture on a dismal run of two wins, one draw and 12 losses from their last 15 games.  Valdas Ivanauskas’ men have lost seven of their last 11 competitive home games outside of the Baltic Cup and look ripe for another defeat here.

Rinktine low on confidence after World Cup woes

Further encouragement to back the visitors at an attractive 13/10 in match result betting comes in the shape of their recent away form in competitive matches. The Red Lions lost heavily to both Portugal and Serbia in World Cup qualifying last year, but came away from Dublin and Baku with victories.

As both the Republic of Ireland and Azerbaijan are ranked above the lowly Rinktine, who are the seventh worst nation in Europe according to Fifa’s rankings, we feel a comfortable away win could be achieved. That’s why we will risk taking a 2-0 margin of success in correct score betting as six of Lithuania’s last seven home defeats have been by more than one goal.