The chase for the 2016 European Cup will take its next step on Saturday. Two teams attempting to qualify for the tournament will do battle in a match between Switzerland and Lithuania. The contest scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Deportes.
What They're Saying
Switzerland head coach Vladimir Petkovic (via UEFA): "I picked my best XI [to play San Marino] because we didn't want to think this game was an easy one. We weren't lucky in our first two matches, so we tried to change that tonight by creating as many opportunities as possible, but we got less than we deserved."
Lithuania striker Deivydas Matulevicius (via UEFA): "My teammate at Pandurii is from Switzerland and he already gave me some tips on his national team's weak points. I know Switzerland is a team with many superb individual players, but we shouldn't be afraid. We just have to go on the pitch and give 100 or even 120 percent and see what happens."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri has two assists in Bundesliga play this season. Always a threat on the ball, the 23-year-old is averaging 1.3 key passes.
Switzerland's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Bergen, Djourou, Schar; Behrami, Dzemaili, Inler, Shaqiri, Kasami; Drmic
Lithuania's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Arlauskis; Kijanskas, Freidgeimas, Vaitkunas, Andriuskevicius; Cernych, Vicius, Novikovas, Kalonas, Chvedukas; Matulevicius
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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