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Latest Lithuania vs Romania team information

Mircea Lucescu appears to have settled on his preferred lineup and players, with Trabzonspor striker Denis Dragus leading the line in a 4-3-3 formation, but he may consider rotating Romania's lineup against weaker opposition.

In addition, the visitors' midfield trio will continue to feature free-kick specialist Razvan Marin, who has scored three goals from the penalty spot in three Nations League games, along with Marius Marin and captain Nicolae Stanciu.

Veteran goalkeeper Florin Nita – Stanciu's teammate at Saudi Pro League club Damac – is expected to continue to start, but Horatiu Moldovan and Stefan Tarnovanu have both been given opportunities recently.

Meanwhile, Lithuania is expected to continue to rely on Armandas Kucys in attack, although the supporting lineup may change slightly.

Paulius Golubickas scored as a substitute in the previous game, while 94-capped striker Fedor Cernych has scored the most international goals (15) among the home side's players, and both will be looking to get their chance off the bench.

Goalkeeper Edvinas Gertmonas will have the chance to meet some familiar faces, as he plays for Universitatea Cluj in the Romanian SuperLiga.

Latest expected lineup Lithuania vs Romania

Lithuania:

Gertmonas; Sirvys, Kazukolovas, Girdvainis, Tutyskinas; Vorobjovas, Gineitis; Dolznikov, Slivka, Cernych; Kucys

Romania:

Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; R. Marin, M. Marin, Stanciu; Man, Dragus, Mihaila

Latest Lithuania vs Romania football review

After maintaining a perfect record in Group 2 over the weekend, Romania are top of the group with nine points in total, moving them closer to promotion to Europe's second pot.

In September, not long after their Euro 2024 journey ended in the first knockout round, the Tricolorii side overcame Kosovo and Lithuania – scoring three goals in both games – and continued their fine form on Saturday night.

Serie A stars Dennis Man and Razvan Marin gave the visitors a two-goal lead against Cyprus in Larnaca, before Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin sealed a 3-0 win just before half-time.

Since veteran coach Mircea Lucescu replaced Edward Iordanescu in the summer – returning to the national team hot seat 38 years after his first stint in charge – Romania have continued to make recent progress.

Currently ranked 45th in the latest FIFA world rankings, they have extended their seven-match unbeaten run in away qualifying matches by picking up two away wins in this year's Nations League.

Romania are now looking for three more points on their journey, and will certainly have the historical advantage: they have won all six of their last meetings with Lithuania, dating back to the 2008 World Cup qualifiers.

Lithuania's most recent defeat in that run was a 3-1 defeat last month in Bucharest, where they could have picked up a point had the hosts not scored twice in the closing stages.

After narrowly avoiding relegation from League C in the 2022-23 Nations League season – thanks to a play-off win over Gibraltar – Trispalves are facing another relegation battle this season, having lost all three of their opening games.

With defeats to Romania, an opening defeat to Cyprus and a 2-1 loss to Kosovo yesterday

Lithuania vs Romania 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 Romaniaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Lithuania 0-2 Romania

• WhoScore:Lithuania 1-2 Romania
• Our newspaper predicts:Lithuania 0-2 Romania

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