Kauno Žalgiris have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Bodø / Glimt. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kauno Žalgiris, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Home games in the Eliteserien have been a walk in the park for Bodø / Glimt so far, with 21 points won from 7 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Bodø / Glimt haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Molde, 269 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Glimt tasted defeat here at Aspmyra Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.
Bodø / Glimt's last game was hosting Start and winning 6-0. Before that match, a Eliteserien win away at Sandefjord.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Glimt played a great game against Start and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The manager K. Knutsen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sarpsborg 08 in only three days.
It's goals goals goals for Glimt who have scored 27 goals from 7 league home games. Glimt are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aspmyra Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.Kauno Žalgiris's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kauno Žalgiris collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the A Lyga. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Momentum is building for Žalgiris in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Žalgiris have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Deividas Mikelionis. It's been 285 minutes since they last conceded in A Lyga.
Žalgiris play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Panevezys. Preceding that game was the away A Lyga victory against Trakai with the score of 1-0.
Žalgiris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on Žalgiris as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 11 goals |  J. Hauge 10 goals |  P. Zinckernagel 9 goals |
Bodø / Glimt missing players
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
| Bodø / Glimt | Kauno Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 72 | 30 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 362 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 209 | ||
| 131 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 88 | ||
| 51% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 34 |
| 3 | Odd | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Brann | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Viking | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Start | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 12 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
| 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 |
- Bodø/Glimt
- Avisa Nordland - (local news - mostly pay-to-read)
- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
- Glimtforum.net - (supporter forum)