Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round between Kauno Žalgiris and Lech Poznań. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ekstraklasa.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
Kauno Žalgiris participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Ruzomberok.Kauno Žalgiris have collected 19 points from their A Lyga home games so far after 5-4-2.
The fans are hoping that Žalgiris will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Lech Poznań.
Before that, Kauno Žalgiris played out a A Lyga draw 1-1 when visiting Dainava.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dziugas Telsiai are coming to town in three days.
Žalgiris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Kauno Žalgiris's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lech Poznań form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Fiorentina drew the shortest straw.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lech Poznań in their Ekstraklasa matches away.
Poznań are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Radomiak Radom. Midfielder Hotić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.61. Hotić hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A home win as predicted against Kauno Žalgiris ahead of that, in the Europa Conference League.
Lech Poznań have another match away from home in just three days, a Ekstraklasa game vs Zagebie Lubin. A strenuous fixture list for them!
It's early days yet, but Lech Poznań has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The latest registered scoreline involving both these sides is the Lech Poznań - Žalgiris 3-1 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Girdvainis 6 goals |  G. Sirgedas 5 goals |  X. Auzmendi Arruabarrena 4 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Lech Poznań missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Lech Poznań | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 41% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panevėžys | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | FA Siauliai | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Hegelmann Litauen | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 37 |
| 5 | Kauno Žalgiris | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Dainava | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Banga | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -23 | 23 |
| 8 | Dziugas Telsiai | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 19 |
| 9 | Suduva | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 19 |
| 10 | Trakai | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lech Poznań | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Zagebie Lubin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pogoń Szczecin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Ruch Chorzow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Warta Poznan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Widzew Lodz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Stal Mielec | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Korona Kielce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Slask Wrocaw | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Gornik Zabrze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | KS odz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
