Comments and predictions for Lithuania vs Poland: Kneel before Lewandowski
The match between Lithuania vs Poland in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Lithuania vs Poland team information
As usual, the Polish team is led by captain Robert Lewandowski – who has scored 86 goals in 160 matches, a record in the history of the team. In the midfield, Piotr Zielinski – who scored the only goal in the friendly match against New Zealand – continues to be the key factor.
Three players currently playing in Italy, including Sebastian Walukiewicz, Adam Buksa and Nicola Zalewski, are all absent from this training session, with Zalewski suffering a hamstring injury while playing for Atalanta.
Zalewski’s absence opens up the possibility of starting for Jakub Kaminski or the recently recalled Michal Skoras on the left wing. On the right wing, Matty Cash and Sebastian Szymanski are still the familiar pairing.
As for Lithuania, the visitors played in midweek so they will likely keep their starting lineup intact. However, coach Jankauskas will be forced to change at least one position due to Artur Dolznikov being suspended due to a card.
Veteran striker Fedor Cernych could be brought in, equalling his country’s record of 101 caps. Up front, Gytis Paulauskas will be the main striker, while Torino midfielder Gvidas Gineitis – who has been involved in four of the team’s goals in Group G – will orchestrate the play in midfield.
Latest expected lineup Lithuania vs Poland
Lithuania:
Gertmonas; Sirvys, Upstas, Girdvainis, Armalas, Lasickas; Sirgedas, Vorobjovas, Gineitis, Cernych; Paulauskas
Poland:
Skorupski; Cash, Wisniewski, Bednarek, Kiwior; Szymanski, Zielinski, Slisz, Kaminski; Swiderski, Lewandowski
Latest Lithuania vs Poland football review
After a defeat to Finland in June – a defeat that left their chances of qualifying for a ninth World Cup in serious jeopardy – Poland have revived their qualifying campaign with a change in management.
After a conflict with the team's greatest ever striker Robert Lewandowski – who briefly left the team – coach Michal Probierz was fired, and Jan Urban was appointed as his replacement.
A former striker who represented Poland at the 1986 World Cup, Urban shares many similarities with his famous captain, and he has made an impressive start.
In his first two matches in charge, he helped his team draw 1-1 with the Netherlands at De Kuip Stadium, then beat Finland 3-1, thereby raising the total points to 10 after 5 matches in Group G.
However, a top-two finish is still far from assured, with Finland level on points – despite having played one game more. If they hold on to second place, the White Eagles will secure a play-off spot, but they still have a chance to overtake the Netherlands when the two teams meet in the decisive match next month.
After a friendly win over New Zealand on Thursday, Poland return to qualifying against Lithuania – a team they barely beat 1-0 at home in the first leg in March, thanks to a late Lewandowski goal. Urban will no doubt want his players to have an easier time this time.
Meanwhile, Lithuania – a team ranked 109 places below Poland in the FIFA rankings – has only won 3 points in Group G.
On Thursday, coach Edgaras Jankauskas and his team surprisingly opened the scoring against Finland thanks to defender Pijus Sirvys, but then still had to accept a 1-2 defeat.
Despite the disappointing results, Lithuania have shown clear progress. They made the Netherlands sweat last month when they fought back from 0-2 down to equalise 2-2, before losing narrowly 2-3. With limited resources, coach Jankauskas is helping the Baltic team play with more resilience than expected.
At the moment, Lithuania's most realistic goal is simply to compete with Malta to avoid the bottom of the table, while accumulating more points to improve their FIFA ranking.
Latest Lithuania vs Poland score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Lithuania vs Polandas follows:
- Sportsmole:Lithuania 1-3 Poland
- WhoScore:Lithuania 0-2 Poland
- We predict:Lithuania 0-2 Poland
When and where to watch Lithuania vs Poland live?
To watch the live match Lithuania vs Poland in the World Cup qualifiers taking place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
