EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS LFF Stadionas - Vilnius Wednesday 31 March 2021 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Lithuania Group C - Matchday 3 Italy Last updated 31/03/2021 17:21CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Match officials 5 Match-by-match lineups 6 Legend 8 1 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/06/2007 QR (GS) Lithuania - Italy 0-2 Kaunas Quagliarella 31, 45 F. Inzaghi 30; 02/09/2006 QR (GS) Italy - Lithuania 1-1 Naples Danilevičius 21 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 01/09/2001 QR (GS) Lithuania - Italy 0-0 Kaunas F. Inzaghi 17, 64, Del 28/03/2001 QR (GS) Italy - Lithuania 4-0 Trieste Piero 49, 79 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Del Piero 51, Zola 65, 15/11/1995 PR (GS) Italy - Lithuania 4-0 Reggio Emilia 81, 83 26/04/1995 PR (GS) Lithuania - Italy 0-1 Vilnius Zola 11 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Lithuania 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 0 2 4 1 12 Italy 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 6 4 2 0 12 1 2 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Squad list Lithuania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tomas Švedkauskas 22/06/1994 26 Lommel - 1 0 0 0 - Marius Adamonis 13/05/1997 23 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 - Ignas Driomovas 27/04/1997 23 Banga - 0 0 0 0 Defenders Kauno - Egidijus Vaitkūnas 08/08/1988 32 - 1 0 0 0 Žalgiris - Edvinas Girdvainis 17/01/1993 28 Uerdingen - 0 0 0 0 - Markas Beneta 08/07/1993 27 Sūduva - 1 0 0 0 - Rolandas Baravykas 23/08/1995 25 Kukës - 0 0 0 0 - Vytas Gašpuitis 04/03/1994 27 Dunfermline - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Saulius Mikoliūnas 02/05/1984 36 Žalgiris - 1 0 0 0 - Arvydas Novikovas 18/12/1990 30 Erzurumspor - 1 0 0 0 Kauno - Martynas Dapkus 16/02/1993 28 - 1 0 0 0 Žalgiris - Tautvydas Eliošius 03/11/1991 29 Panevezys - 1 0 0 0 - Donatas Kazlauskas 21/03/1994 27 FC Lviv - 0 0 0 0 - Deimantas Petravičius 02/09/1995 25 Águilas - 1 0 0 0 Apollon - Vykintas Slivka 29/04/1995 25 - 1 0 0 0 Smyrnis - Fedor Černych 21/05/1991 29 Jagiellonia * 1 0 0 0 Kauno - Gratas Sirgėdas 17/12/1994 26 - 0 0 0 0 Žalgiris Olimpik - Daniel Romanovskij 19/06/1996 24 - 0 0 0 0 Donetsk H. Kfar- - Domantas Šimkus 10/02/1996 25 - 1 0 0 0 Saba - Justas Lasickas 06/10/1997 23 Voždovac - 1 0 0 0 Kauno - Karolis Šilkaitis 02/06/1996 24 - 0 0 0 0 Žalgiris Forwards Jamshedpur - Nerijus Valskis 04/08/1987 33 - 0 0 0 0 FC - Karolis Laukžemis 11/03/1992 29 Kaysar - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Valdas Urbonas 29/11/1967 53 - 1 0 0 0 3 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Italy Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 34 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - Alex Meret 22/03/1997 24 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Gianluigi Donnarumma 25/02/1999 22 Milan - 2 0 0 0 Defenders - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 33 Juventus - 2 0 0 0 - Leonardo Spinazzola 25/03/1993 28 Roma - 2 0 0 0 - Francesco Acerbi 10/02/1988 33 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 04/08/1993 27 Napoli - 1 0 0 0 - Gianluca Mancini 17/04/1996 24 Roma - 0 0 0 0 - Alessandro Bastoni 13/04/1999 21 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 - Emerson 03/08/1994 26 Chelsea - 1 0 0 0 - Rafael Tolói 10/10/1990 30 Atalanta - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Federico Bernardeschi 16/02/1994 27 Juventus * 1 0 0 0 - Nicolò Barella 07/02/1997 24 Internazionale - 2 0 0 0 - Manuel Locatelli 08/01/1998 23 Sassuolo * 2 1 0 0 - Lorenzo Pellegrini 19/06/1996 24 Roma - 1 0 0 0 - Stefano Sensi 05/08/1995 25 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 - Matteo Pessina 21/04/1997 23 Atalanta - 2 0 0 0 - Manuel Lazzari 29/11/1993 27 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 31 Lazio - 2 1 0 0 - Stephan El Shaarawy 27/10/1992 28 Roma - 0 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Insigne 04/06/1991 29 Napoli - 2 0 0 0 - Andrea Belotti 20/12/1993 27 Torino - 1 1 0 0 - Federico Chiesa 25/10/1997 23 Juventus - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Roberto Mancini 27/11/1964 56 - 2 0 0 0 4 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Match officials Referee Paweł Raczkowski (POL) Assistant referees Radosław Siejka (POL) , Adam Kupsik (POL) Fourth official Krzysztof Jakubik (POL) UEFA Delegate Ginta Pēce (LVA) UEFA Referee observer David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Paweł Raczkowski 10/05/1983 3 56 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 07/08/2014 UEL 3QR Torino FC IF Brommapojkarna 4-0 Turin 17/03/2015 UYL QF AS Roma Manchester City FC 2-1 Latina 06/08/2015 UEL 3QR FK Vojvodina UC Sampdoria 0-2 Novi Sad 15/09/2016 UEL GS US Sassuolo Calcio Athletic Club 3-0 Reggio Emilia 02/10/2018 UCL GS AS Roma FC Viktoria Plzeň 5-0 Rome 14/10/2019 EURO QR Lithuania Serbia 1-2 Vilnius 5 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Match-by-match lineups Lithuania FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Italy 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Lithuania 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Matchday 2 (28/03/2021) Switzerland 1-0 Lithuania Goals: 1-0 Shaqiri 2 Lithuania: Švedkauskas, Dapkus, Gašpuitis, Beneta, Vaitkūnas, Novikovas, Mikoliūnas, Slivka (75 Tautvydas Eliošius), Lasickas (58 Laukžemis), Šimkus, Černych (81 Petravičius) Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Lithuania-Italy Matchday 4 (02/09/2021) Lithuania-Northern Ireland Matchday 5 (05/09/2021) Bulgaria-Lithuania Matchday 6 (08/09/2021) Italy-Lithuania Matchday 7 (09/10/2021) Lithuania-Bulgaria Matchday 8 (12/10/2021) Lithuania-Switzerland Matchday 9 (12/11/2021) Northern Ireland-Lithuania Italy FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (25/03/2021) Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Berardi 14, 2-0 Immobile 38 Italy: G. Donnarumma, Chiellini, Locatelli (84 Pessina), Verratti, Lorenzo Pellegrini (63 Barella), Insigne (84 Grifo), Berardi (75 Chiesa), Emerson (75 Spinazzola), Florenzi, Immobile, Bonucci Matchday 2 (28/03/2021) Bulgaria 0-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Belotti 43 (P) , 0-2 Locatelli 82 Italy: G. Donnarumma, Spinazzola, Verratti (88 Pessina), Belotti (75 Immobile), Insigne, Sensi (68 Locatelli), Acerbi, Florenzi (68 Di Lorenzo), Barella, Bonucci, Chiesa (76 Bernardeschi) Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Lithuania-Italy Matchday 4 (02/09/2021) Italy-Bulgaria 6 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Matchday 5 (05/09/2021) Switzerland-Italy Matchday 6 (08/09/2021) Italy-Lithuania Matchday 9 (12/11/2021) Italy-Switzerland Matchday 10 (15/11/2021) Northern Ireland-Italy 7 Lithuania - Italy Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF Stadionas, Vilnius Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness.