VILNIUS. Switzerland prevails over Lithuania 4-0 after a incredible match. B. Embolo (31′), R. Steffen (42′), B. Embolo (45′) and M. Gavranovic (90′). Its vastly superior ball possession (70%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vilniaus LFF stadionas stadium in Vilnius on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins with the help of Luis Campos and Pedro Almeida. The 4th official was Miguel Bertolo Nogueira. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 4.3 degrees Celsius or 39.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 6 Total 22
- 1 On Target 9
- 5 Off Target 13
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 79 Attack 128
- 40 Dangerous attack 80
- 81 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 4 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Switzerland was in firm control of the ball 70% while Lithuania was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Switzerland was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Switzerland won the match.
Lithuania shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Switzerland shot 22 times, 9 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Lithuania didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Switzerland didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Lithuania will stay with 3 points to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Switzerland will have 14 points like Italy to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Lithuania will play away against Northern Ireland on the 12th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Northern Ireland (0 draws).
Switzerland will play away agasint Italy on the 12th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Lithuania – Formation
Lithuania
89'
Lithuania adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Valdas Ivanauskas decided to play with the following team: Ernestas Šetkus , Rolandas Baravykas , Benas Šatkus , Edvinas Girdvainis , Dominykas Barauskas , Vykintas Slivka , Linas Megelaitis , Justas Lasickas , Fedor Černych , Arvydas Novikovas and Karolis Laukžemis .
The home team had on the bench: Edgaras Dubickas, Titas Krapikas, Donatas Kazlauskas , Vytas Gaspuitis, Domantas Šimkus, Ernestas Veliulis , Vilius Armanavičius, Ovidijus Verbickas , Justinas Janusevskis, Edvinas Gertmonas, Linas Klimavičius and Martynas Dapkus.
Substitutions
Lithuania made 5 changes: V. Slivka for O. Verbickas (46′), K. Laukzemis for D. Kazlauskas (46′), F. Cernych for E. Veliulis (83′), E. Girdvainis for V. Gaspuitis (89′) and L. Megelaitis for V. Armanavicius (89′).
Best player: Linas Megelaitis
The player that probably impressed the most for Lithuania was Linas Megelaitis.
His rating is with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.
Switzerland – Formation
Switzerland
42'
Also Switzerland adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Murat Yakin played with: Yann Sommer , Silvan Widmer , Fabian Schär , Nico Elvedi , Ricardo Rodríguez , Djibril Sow , Remo Freuler , Renato Steffen , Xherdan Shaqiri , Steven Zuber and Breel Embolo .
They had on the bench: Ruben Vargas , Albian Ajeti, Fabian Frei, Eray Cömert, Cédric Itten, Mario Gavranović , Michel Aebischer, Ulisses Garcia , David von Ballmoos, Christian Fassnacht and Jonas Omlin.
Substitutions
Switzerland made 5 changes: R. Rodriguez for U. Garcia (46′), S. Zuber for R. Vargas (67′), R. Steffen for C. Fassnacht (67′), X. Shaqiri for M. Gavranovic (76′) and B. Embolo for C. Itten (89′).
Best player: Fabian Schär
The player that probably impressed the most for Switzerland was Fabian Schär even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 114 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Kazakhstan – Finland – 0-2
- Portugal – Luxembourg – 5-0
- Serbia – Azerbaijan – 3-1
- Bulgaria – Northern Ireland – 2-1
- Lithuania – Switzerland – 0-4
- Kosovo – Georgia – 1-2
- Sweden – Greece – 2-0
- Denmark – Austria – 1-0
- Faroe Islands – Scotland – 0-1
- Israel – Moldova – 2-1
- Albania – Poland – 0-1
- England – Hungary – 1-1