Is Lithuania vs Northern Ireland on TV tonight? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch World Cup qualifier
Everything you need to know ahead of the qualifier in Vilnius
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Your support makes all the difference.Northern Ireland are still looking for a first competitive win in 90 minutes under Ian Baraclough and will hope to earn it on Wednesday when they take on Lithuania.
The two nations clash in a World Cup qualifier, with neither having scored or won a game so far in the group stage, after two matches apiece.
Northern Ireland did at least draw with Bulgaria after a defeat to Italy - the Azzurri and Switzerland have both beaten Lithuania so far.
A victory here is vital for any optimistic hopes of finishing second in the group, which brings with it a play-off shot to make the finals in Qatar for 2022.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game.
When is the match?
The game kicks off at 7:45pm (BST) on Thursday 2 September at the Vilniaus LFF Stadionas.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. Subscribers can stream the match via the Sky Go app. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription. We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content.
Confirmed line-ups
LIT - Setkus, Baravykas, Utkus, Satkus, Slavickas, Verbickas, Megelatis, Novikovas, Cernych, Lasickas, Dubickas
NIR - Peacock-Farrell; Smith, Ballard, Cathcart, Lewis; McNair, Davis, Thompson, McCann; Washington, Lavery
Odds
Lithuania 4/1
Draw 11/4
Northern Ireland 6/7
Prediction
Both teams need to start winning if they have vague ambitions to take a top-two spot, which will be extremely difficult in any case. Cancelling each other out with a lack of attacking quality is likely. Lithuania 1-1 Northern Ireland.
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