Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between KF Ballkani and Žalgiris

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 05.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri (16200 seats)

KF Ballkani and Žalgiris will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 1st Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Žalgiris could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A Lyga game only four sleeps ago.

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KF Ballkani form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri as KF Ballkani have scored 41 goals to get 44 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 14-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

KF Ballkani's last game was hosting Gjilani and winning 2-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Drenica in the Superliga.

KF Ballkani can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 41 times. From these home matches, Ballkani have conceded only 13 goals.

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Žalgiris form and stats

Žalgiris was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season, when Ferencvaros turned out to be too strong.

The strength of Žalgiris on their travels this season is incredible with 23 points collected from 9 A Lyga away games. Žalgiris has 7-2-0 on the road, with 25 goals scored and 7 conceded.

Žalgiris won their last game, 2-1 versus Hegelmann Litauen played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal five matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Oliveira and that is quite the feat!

Preceding that game was the away A Lyga victory against Suduva with the score of 5-0.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 25 goals in 9 league games away this season. Žalgiris are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ŽalgirisR. de Oliveira
R. de Oliveira
7 goals
ŽalgirisF. Kyeremeh
F. Kyeremeh
6 goals
ŽalgirisM. Kuklys
M. Kuklys
4 goals

KF Ballkani missing players

Žalgiris missing players

KF Ballkani Žalgiris
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
19 9   Won W   9 17
1 0   Drew D   2 7
5 3   Lost L   0 1
48 27   Scored S   28 53
16 9   Conceded C   7 17
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 84%
72% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
40% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 52%
24% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
16% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 20%
28% 33%   BTTS BTTS   27% 40%
64% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   73% 60%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 16%
 
3.9 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   7.5 7.2
2.8 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.4
2.1 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.7
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.1 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   17.2 17.7
4.1 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   8.2 7.5
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 28%
 
6.3 4.8   Shots against (avg) S A   6.1 5.9
2.2 1.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KF Ballkani 36 23 7 6 61 26 18 14 2 2 41 13 18 9 5 4 20 13 35 76
2 Drita 36 18 10 8 56 25 18 9 7 2 31 9 18 9 3 6 25 16 31 64
3 Gjilani 36 16 14 6 57 36 18 9 5 4 32 20 18 7 9 2 25 16 21 62
4 KF Llapi 36 15 9 12 57 44 18 7 5 6 29 27 18 8 4 6 28 17 13 54
5 Prishtina 36 14 9 13 49 37 18 7 5 6 23 17 18 7 4 7 26 20 12 51
6 Drenica 36 14 8 14 51 48 18 9 3 6 31 19 18 5 5 8 20 29 3 50
7 Dukagjini 36 12 14 10 37 34 18 8 6 4 23 14 18 4 8 6 14 20 3 50
8 Malisheva 36 13 9 14 45 43 18 6 7 5 20 14 18 7 2 9 25 29 2 48
9 Ulpiana 36 6 9 21 34 72 18 3 5 10 18 37 18 3 4 11 16 35 -38 27
10 KF Feronikeli 36 3 3 30 16 98 18 2 1 15 7 38 18 1 2 15 9 60 -82 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Žalgiris 18 12 5 1 40 12 9 5 3 1 15 5 9 7 2 0 25 7 28 41
2 Panevezys 17 10 3 4 27 10 9 6 1 2 15 6 8 4 2 2 12 4 17 33
3 Hegelmann Litauen 18 9 6 3 30 14 9 5 3 1 16 7 9 4 3 2 14 7 16 33
4 Trakai 17 8 4 5 21 13 8 4 2 2 12 5 9 4 2 3 9 8 8 28
5 Suduva 17 6 7 4 21 18 9 4 3 2 12 10 8 2 4 2 9 8 3 25
6 Kauno Zalgiris 17 7 4 6 22 21 9 3 3 3 12 12 8 4 1 3 10 9 1 25
7 FA Siauliai 17 4 8 5 11 11 8 2 3 3 5 6 9 2 5 2 6 5 0 20
8 Banga 17 3 6 8 14 25 8 2 3 3 8 12 9 1 3 5 6 13 -11 15
9 Dziugas Telsiai 17 2 6 9 16 26 9 1 4 4 9 12 8 1 2 5 7 14 -10 12
10 Jonava 17 0 1 16 3 55 8 0 0 8 2 24 9 0 1 8 1 31 -52 1

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.