International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Žalgiris and Pyunik are looking forward to this Europa Conference League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Pyunik have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. Bodø / Glimt was too strong.Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas. 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Žalgiris has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Žalgiris are confident in defense, having played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Žalgiris in their previous game, a fixture away at Jonava that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Žalgiris "killed" Jonava in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Pyunik in the Europa Conference League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Žalgiris handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Lithuanian Cup game versus Hegelmann Litauen in only three days. This game is also played here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas.
Žalgiris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas with 24 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Žalgiris have conceded only 8 goals.
Pyunik form and stats
Things could have gone better for Pyunik in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Pyunik, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Lernayin Artsakh last time out.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Ararat's place.We have checked recent matches where Pyunik have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game Pyunik return home for a Premier League game against Ararat-Armenia. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Pyunik when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the result Pyunik - Žalgiris 2-0 registered in the official records. Head to head statistics (for the former three meetings): Žalgiris won one game, one match ended with a tie and Pyunik have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Oliveira 14 goals | F. Kyeremeh 8 goals |  J. Tadic 6 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
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| Žalgiris | Pyunik | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 8.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pyunik | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Basel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 47 | 66 |
| 2 | Hegelmann Litauen | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 56 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 31 | 57 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 51 |
| 4 | Suduva | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 5 | Trakai | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 8 | Banga | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -17 | 26 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -24 | 25 |
| 10 | Jonava | 31 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 47 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 46 | -82 | 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 | Banants | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Alashkert | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Pyunik | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Lernayin Artsakh | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Van | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Ararat | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Shirak | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 9 | BKMA | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 10 | Artsakh | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 3 |
