Žalgiris host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Malmö FF will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Swedbank Stadion before the return leg in 10 days.
It's quite the trip for Malmö FF when visiting Žalgiris as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Allsvenskan game only three days ago. That game, against Norrköping, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Malmö FF.
Žalgiris form and stats
Action has already taken place for Žalgiris in Champions League as they have defeated KF Ballkani to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Žalgiris participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Ferencvaros.Žalgiris have performed here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas this season with 5 wins from 9 A Lyga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Žalgiris's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 vs KF Ballkani. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Žalgiris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Žalgiris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Malmö FF form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vikingur Reykjavik in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Malmö FF have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Johan Dahlin. It's been 239 minutes since they last conceded in Allsvenskan.
Two away matches in a row for Malmö, whose coach Milojevic could celebrate last time after the win against Norrköping. Midfielder Zeidan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.6. Zeidan scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).
A quick return to home after this game, as Malmö FF are hosting Sirius in the Allsvenskan only four days away.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous two meetings featuring these two participants are: zero wins for Žalgiris, one draw and one win for Malmö FF. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Oliveira 7 goals | F. Kyeremeh 6 goals |   I. Thelin 5 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Žalgiris | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 45 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 20% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16.8 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.1 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | Hegelmann Litauen | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 39 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Trakai | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Suduva | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Banga | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | Jonava | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 37 | -62 | 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 | Djurgården | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Häcken | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | AIK | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Sirius | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 10 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
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