Italy vs Lithuania: 2022 World Cup Qualification Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Italy vs Lithuania, Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel

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Jehan Mucadum
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Italy vs Lithuania: Italy is in action as they welcome Lithuania in their next Group C fixture of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday.

Match Details:

Teams: Italy vs Lithuania

Venue: MAPEI Stadium, Citta del Tricolore, Reggionell’ Emilia, Italy

Date: Thursday 9th September, 2021

Time: 12:15 AM IST

Live Link: https://www.sonyliv.com/

Preview

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Italy eyes a winning return as they face Lithuania in their next World Cup Qualifier match on Thursday.

The reigning Euro champions held Switzerland to a goalless draw in their match prior to which they were held at home to a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria.

Hence, Italy is need of a victory after having dropped points in successive matches.

Yet, they are the table toppers with 11 points from 5 matches.

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Meanwhile, Lithuania is at the bottom of Group C and winless after 4 matches with zero points.

They were beaten 1-0 by Bulgaria in their last match which now almost puts them out of contention for qualification.

Chochev’s second half strike made the difference in this one. This after they were beaten 4-1 by Northern Ireland last Friday.

Lithuania has lost their last 5 matches and are desperate to gather a point let alone three.

ImageBoth sides met in the reverse fixture in April where Italy won 2-0 through goals from Sensi and Immobile.

Form Guide

Italy: WWWDD

Lithuania: LLLLL

Last Matches of both teams:

Switzerland 0-0 Italy

Bulgaria 1-0 Lithuania

Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Italy vs Lithuania in India?

The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV or Jio TV App while the broadcast is available on Sony SIX.

Team News

Meret, Mancini, Pellegrini and Zaniolo are set to miss out for the hosts due to injuries while Immobile seems doubtful after he suffered a muscle injury.

Verratti has been recovering well and could be in line for an appearance at this one.

On the other hand, Lithuania has no injury concerns.

Italy possible 11:

Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Chiellini, Emerson, Pessina, Jorginho, Locatelli, Chiesa, Insigne and Raspadori

Lithuania possible 11:

Setkus, Baravykas, Utkus, Satkus, Slavickas, Slivka, Megalaitis, Jankauskas, Novikovas, Kazlauskas and Dubickas

Prediction: Italy 4-0 Lithuania

We expect Italy to make it a field day at home as they are up against a woefully out of form side.

It is set to be a long night for Lithuania and this could confirm their exit from qualification.

Players to watch out for: Insigne, Chiesa, Dubickas and Novikovas.


       

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