Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round between Žalgiris and Bodø / Glimt. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
8-7-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Bodø / Glimt when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 21 matches are 34-27 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Bodø / Glimt have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating KF Ballkani and Malmö FF. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Ferencváros.21 points is a decent return from 10 A Lyga games here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas for Žalgiris. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. 3W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Žalgiris.
The Žalgiris fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Banga and win 2-1. Žalgiris made it very difficult for themselves, when Kashken got a red card in the 6th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Žalgiris won the match 2-1!
Žalgiris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Žalgiris have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Linfield and KI in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round against Legia Warszawa.5-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bodø / Glimt in their Eliteserien matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Glimt go into this game after a win, the home game against Odd that ended 7-0. As mentioned above, Bodø / Glimt was the only team on the pitch versus Odd in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. Vetlesen certainly enjoyed Bodø / Glimt's last game versus Odd, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 7-0 victory. Midfielder Vetlesen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 10.0. Vetlesen scored three goals, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
The schedule is very tough for Glimt now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eliteserien game at Sarpsborg 08 is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Bodø / Glimt's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Glimt have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought before this season: Bodø / Glimt - Žalgiris 5-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Žalgiris wins - draws - Bodø / Glimt wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 15 goals |   R. de Oliveira 7 goals | F. Kyeremeh 6 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Žalgiris | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 69 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 17.2 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 53% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 44 |
| 2 | Hegelmann Litauen | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Trakai | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Suduva | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | FA Siauliai | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Kauno Zalgiris | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Banga | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 14 |
| 10 | Jonava | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 39 | -65 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 34 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Jerv | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -20 | 6 |
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