Lithuania – Finland: 1st half draw

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Our tip: Lithuania – Finland: 1st half draw

24.03.2025 18:00

After Sunday, the Netherlands were added to the group, and together with Poland they are the favourites. Finland would like to beat them, Lithuania is one of the outsiders.

Monday’s opponents have already made their opening appearances in qualifying and the Suomi go into their first mutual match in 11 years with three points, while the hosts have zero. The Finns were successful in Malta, but they had worked hard for the mandatory three points. The home side were more than a match for them, it was more or less fifty-fifty on big chances, but only Antman headed into the black and so the Northerners enjoyed a slender 1-0 victory and a break in their six Nations League losing streak that sent them into League C.

Lithuania had also lost all six of their Nations League matches, only to qualitatively weaker opponents (Kosovo, Cyprus, Romania) than Finland (England, Greece, Ireland). That they lost to Poland on Friday was to be expected, but in any case the Baltic country held on to the favourite’s turf until the 81st minute, when Barcelona’s cannonballer Lewandowski broke through. But Lithuania did not show much going forward, which was to be expected given the average quality of the squad.

What to bet on:

If Finland wants to think about being on equal footing with Poland, they need to win games like Lithuania. But they’ve already scrubbed up in Malta, so they’ll be happy for every goal. Lithuania won that one game 1-0 and there won’t be too many goals now either. It could still be 0-0 at half-time.

Confidence:

7/10

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