This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sūduva when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Maccabi Tel Aviv with it. Read all about the 2nd Qualifying Round match here!
The visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv played their last game only four days ago, a Toto Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Bnei Sakhnin. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Maccabi Tel Aviv have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Flora. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.Home games in the A Lyga have been a walk in the park for Sūduva so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Sūduva tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.
Sūduva manager S. Širmelis and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Flora (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Champions League. Ahead of that match, Sūduva won a home game hosting Žalgiris (2-0).
Sūduva are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Sūduva have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Riga in order to reach 2nd Qualifying Round of Champions League. Maccabi was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.Two travels in a row for Maccabi, whose manager G. Donis could celebrate last time after the Toto Cup win against Bnei Sakhnin. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Riga.
After this away game Maccabi return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Maccabi Petah Tikva. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Sūduva wins - draws - Maccabi Tel Aviv wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tadic 5 goals |  M. Topcagić 5 goals |  S. Kerla 3 goals |
Sūduva missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Sūduva | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 261 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 265 | ||
| 122 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 126 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sūduva | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Banga | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 5 | Panevezys | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 9 |
| 6 | Trakai | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -18 | 8 |