Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Cyprus
Match Time & Date:
15/11/2024
11:00 AM
Prediction: 2-1
Lithuania
AEK Arena will host Friday’s Nations League game between Cyprus and Lithuania, the two out-of-form sides. Cyprus aim to put an end to their three-game losing run in Group 2 and are likely to go all guns blazing at Lithuania. APOEL defender Konstantinos Laifis is banned for the match due to the accumulation of yellow cards, with Kostas Pileas likely to step up. Fellow defender Minas Antoniou has overcome his injury.
The Lithuanians, on the other hand, are stuck at the bottom of the table. As Edgaras Jankauskas’ men have suffered a loss in each of their four group games, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home team. To make things even worse for the away team, midfielder Vykintas Slivka serves a one-game ban. Earlier in the process Cyprus defeated Lithuania 1-0, with AIK forward Ioannis Pittas scoring the only goal of the match.
Highlighted Team (Cyprus):
Cyprus’ first match took place back in July, 1949, only one year after they became a member of FIFA. The Cypriotes played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv and seven days later they played their first international game. Cyprus suffered a 3-1 loss to Israel in Tel Aviv back then and in November, 1960 they had their first official match as an independent country.
The Cyprus national football team shared the spoils with Israel in the 1962 World Cup qualifier and three years later they recorded their first international win (3-1 over Greece). Cyprus suffered their biggest loss on May 21, 1969, with the team losing to West Germany 12-0 and in 2000 they hammered Andorra 5-0 which is considered the team’s biggest win.
The Cypriotes have yet to qualify for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the European Championship, but their victory over Bosnia in Zenica in the Euro 2016 qualifiers will be remembered. GSP Stadium in Nicosia is considered the national team’s home ground.
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