Žalgiris host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 1st Qualifying Round game. Struga will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Gradska Plaža Stadium (Struga) before the return leg in 11 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Žalgiris and Struga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League. Bodø / Glimt was too strong.Žalgiris have performed here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas this season with 7 wins from 10 A Lyga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
A nice win for Žalgiris last time playing, versus Trakai. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Verbickas, Kehinde and Vučur scoring for the victors. Kehinde has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. Badass!
A strong away win before that one, visiting Banga and winning 4-1.The Žalgiris fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 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 7 from 10 matches.
Struga form and stats
As the visiting team in First League matches, Struga have produced an overall stat of 7-5-2 so far.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Makedonija in their previous outing. The Macedonian Cup duel ended 1-1.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Makedonija (after extra-time, 0-2 on penalties) in the Macedonian Cup.
Struga are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Struga as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Ibraimi 18 goals |  M. Oyewusi Kehinde 14 goals | B. Shabani 12 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Struga missing players
| Žalgiris | Struga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.4 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 43% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panevezys | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 49 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | FA Siauliai | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Hegelmann Litauen | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Kauno Zalgiris | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Dainava | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Banga | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -20 | 19 |
| 8 | Suduva | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -20 | 18 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 10 | Trakai | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -25 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Struga | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 68 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 35 | 58 |
| 3 | Skendija 79 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 57 |
| 4 | Sileks | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | Bregalnica Stip | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 6 | Tikves | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Makedonija | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 8 | Rabotnicki | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 37 |
| 9 | Akademija Pandev | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Skopje | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 32 | -27 | 22 |
| 11 | Pobeda | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -60 | 13 |
| 12 | Renova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
