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Lithuania vs Azerbaijan: match report

Lithuania hosted Azerbaijan at S. Darius and S. Gireno Stadium on Sunday 27 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 2). Lithuania have no reported absences; Azerbaijan are missing 1 (Xayal Əliyev). Antoniou Menelaus is the referee, averaging 4.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.

Result and scorers

Lithuania 1-1 Azerbaijan. Goals: Armandas Kucys 9' (pen) for Lithuania; Mahir Emreli 14' for Azerbaijan. Attendance: 7,539.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Penalty: Armandas Kucys (Lithuania) 1-0
  • 14' Goal: Mahir Emreli (Azerbaijan) 1-1
  • 27' Yellow card: Rahil Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
  • 39' Yellow card: Tellur Mutallimov (Azerbaijan)
  • 52' Yellow card: Gvidas Gineitis (Lithuania)
  • 56' Yellow card: Aleksey Isayev (Azerbaijan)
Match stats (contains the result)
50.7%Possession49.3%
9Shots9
3Shots on target4
0Corners2
15Fouls16
3Offsides0
3Saves2
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Lithuania 3-4-3

Coach: Edgaras Jankauskas

  1. 23 Džiugas Bartkus GK
  2. 18 Vilius Armalas DEF
  3. 3 Edgaras Utkus DEF
  4. 2 Artemijus Tutyškinas DEF
  5. 21 Adrian Lickūnas MID
  6. 16 Lukas Michelbrink MID
  7. 15 Gvidas Gineitis MID
  8. 13 Justas Lasickas DEF
  9. 14 Vykintas Slivka MID
  10. 10 Armandas Kučys FWD
  11. 7 Artūr Dolžnikov FWD

Bench

  • 8 Domantas Šluta MID
  • 6 Modestas Vorobjovas MID
  • 22 Motiejus Burba FWD
  • 19 Ignas Venckus MID
  • 11 Eligijus Jankauskas FWD
  • 1 Edvinas Gertmonas GK
  • 12 Tomas Švedkauskas GK
  • 5 Kipras Kažukolovas DEF
  • 20 Rokas Lekiatas DEF
  • 4 Zygimantas Baltrunas DEF
  • 17 Faustas Steponavičius FWD
  • 9 Manfredas Ruzgis FWD

Azerbaijan 5-4-1

Coach: Aykhan Abbasov

  1. 1 Emil Balayev GK
  2. 4 Rahil Məmmədov DEF
  3. 15 Bədavi Hüseynov DEF
  4. 2 Rəhman Daşdəmirov DEF
  5. 19 Tellur Mütallimov MID
  6. 3 Rüfat Abbasov DEF
  7. 10 Mahir Emreli FWD
  8. 6 Abdulakh Khaybulaev MID
  9. 13 Emil Səfərov MID
  10. 20 Aleksey Isaev MID
  11. 9 Renat Dadashov FWD

Bench

  • 21 Rüfat Abdullazadə FWD
  • 7 Tural Bayramov MID
  • 22 Musa Qurbanlı FWD
  • 17 Vüsal İsgəndərli FWD
  • 18 Cəlal Hüseynov DEF
  • 12 Aydın Bayramov GK
  • 23 Rəvan Mirzəmmədov GK
  • 5 Anton Krivotsyuk DEF
  • 14 Elvin Bədəlov DEF
  • 11 Ayxan Hüseynov MID
  • 8 Emin Makhmudov MID
  • 16 Oruc Mammadov MID

Injuries and suspensions

Lithuania

No reported absences.

Azerbaijan

  • Xayal Əliyev injury, back Unknown
Previous meetings
  • Monday 25 March 2019: Azerbaijan 0-0 Lithuania
  • Wednesday 26 March 2008: Lithuania 1-0 Azerbaijan