Lithuania vs Romania prediction: EUROPE: UEFA Nations League – League C betting tips on match 2024-10-14 18:45.
[p]Lithuania remained rooted to the bottom of the League C2 standings after an edgy 2-1 loss to Kosovo on Saturday left their four-season stay in this division of the UEFA Nations League (UNL) under threat. Next month’s away game against Cyprus is looking decisive in their pursuit to avoid relegation, but the Trispalvės will feel they have enough to get a positive result after just missing out at the weekend.[/p]
[p]Two of their defeats in this UNL campaign came by a single-goal margin and the 3-1 loss in the reverse fixture against group leaders Romania came via two goals conceded beyond the 85th minute. But true hopes of rebounding in their last home game of this UNL edition depend on maintaining their recent defensive improvements, with Lithuania conceding multiple goals only once across their last four home games (W1, L3).[/p]
[p]Romania are making the right moves in their quest to avenge their relegation to League C in the last UNL edition, winning all three games so far in this campaign whilst scoring exactly three goals in each of them. They’ve perhaps been blooming late with three of their first six UNL goals of this campaign coming after the 80th minute, but even that concern was addressed in their last game as a three-goal first-half blitz led to a comfortable 3-0 win away to Cyprus on Saturday.[/p]
[p]With their final two games set to be played at home, Romania will know that extending their four-game winning streak in this competition here would be a very positive sign. And there’s every chance they might, with back-to-back 3-0 UNL wins on the road complementing their record of 13 wins in 14 H2Hs (L1) including a 100% record in seven away games.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Paulius Golubickas scored his first competitive goal for Lithuania in the weekend’s defeat to Kosovo, marking his third goal across his  last four competitive games. Speaking of debut goals, Romania’s Nicolae Stanciu scored his first international goal against Lithuania in a 1-0 friendly win in 2016 and also scored in a 3-0 H2H victory in this competition in 2018.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: In nine of their 12 UNL home matches, Lithuania have conceded at least one first-half goal.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]