Lithuania v San Marino background

Lithuania will look to get some points on the board in UEFA EURO 2016 Group E as they take on a San Marino side who have not scored a competitive away goal in over 14 years.

• The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Deividas Česnauskis, Karolis Chvedukas, Deivydas Matulevičius, Marius Žaliukas (Lithuania), Manuel Battistini, Alex Gasperoni, Mirko Palazzi, Andy Selva and Davide Simoncini (San Marino).

Previous meetings
• Strikes from Deivydas Matulevičius and Arvydas Novikovas secured a 2-0 win for Lithuania in the sides' first Group E meeting.

• Lithuania have won all three games against San Marino without conceding.

• The teams were paired in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Algimantas Liubinskas's Lithuania beat Giampaolo Mazza's San Marino 4-0 in the sides' initial encounter in Kaunas on 9 September 2004. Edgaras Jankauskas (18 50), Tomas Danilevičus (65) and Andrius Gedgaudas (90+2) were all on target.

• The return leg in Serravalle on 17 November the same year was much tighter, Deividas Česnauskis (42) getting the only goal as Lithuania prevailed 1-0.

Form guide
• Lithuania have lost three of their last four home qualifiers. Moreover they suffered defeat on their travels on Saturday, 1-0 in Estonia, while San Marino were being hit for six by England in Serravalle.

• San Marino have lost their last 34 competitive away games without scoring, their last away goal coming in a 1-1 draw against Latvia in April 2001. Their competitive away record in all competitions reads D1 L58, with just four goals scored.

Trivia and links
• In seven UEFA age-group meetings with Lithuania, San Marino's record is W0 D1 L6. However, four of those victories were by one-goal margins; most recently, Lithuania won 2-1 at home and 1-0 in Serravalle in qualifying for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.