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Iran vs Lithuania Prediction & Betting tips
Iran is preparing for the upcoming World Cup with a friendly match against Lithuania. What can we expect from the Iranians?
Iran:
Just like in 2006 and 2014, Iran will be there at the World Cup next summer. In Russia, the Carlos Queiroz team will try to survive the group stage for the first time in history. That will be a very difficult task, because the Asians are divided into a group with Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
The qualification of Iran for the World Cup went flawlessly. The first qualifying group with Guam, India, Turkmenistan and Oman was won with childlike ease. In the second qualifying pool, Iran was classified with South Korea, Syria, Uzbekistan, China and Qatar and this pool was simply won unbeaten.
Salient detail: in the eighteen qualifying games, Iran only cashed five goals. Although the opponents at the World Cup will be a lot stronger than in Asia, it will not be a walk-over for the opponents in its pool.
At Iran we of course meet Eredivisiebekeden Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Reza Ghoochannejhad. Other well-known names Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos Piraeus) and Ashkan Dejagah (Nottingham Forest)
Lithuania:
Lithuania does not belong to the footbal dwarfs of the caliber of San Marino and Andorra, but camps in the class just above it. Since the independence of the Soviet Union, Lithuania has not yet managed to qualify for a final tournament and has never been close to it.
In a group with England, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta, Edgaras Jankauskas’ team finished in penultimate place, just before Malta, with only six points. Four of them were won against the last team from Malta, the other two points were picked up by a draw against Scotland and Slovenia.
Although the Lithuanian team does not have any reputable names, we still find some acquaintances from the Netherlands. The goal is usually defended by Ernestas Setkus, who was contracted at ADO Den Haag two years ago. Vytautas Slivka also earned his living in the Netherlands two seasons ago, at FC Den Bosch. Vytautas Andriuskevicus, whom we still know from Cambuur, has not been called.
The big man at Lithuania is captain Fiodor Cernych. The striker scored on the assembly line in the Polish competition at Jagiellonia Bialystok and earned a transfer to Dynamo Moscow last winter, where he only managed to score once.