International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Trakai and Derry City are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the 1st Qualifying Round.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Trakai's stadium, Vilniaus LFF stadionas, has a grass surface. Derry City have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Derry City when playing on grass; 14 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses from 34 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 51.
These teams have little in common geographically as Derry City have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Trakai form and stats
Trakai was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Europa League.With 0 A Lyga wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Trakai are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Trakai who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Žalgiris, 88 days ago. With seven home A Lyga games in a row without a win, the Trakai fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Suduva game long ago, can be stopped today.
The Trakai crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Kauno Žalgiris here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas in a A Lyga match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Dainava and winning 2-0.
Trakai has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. As for conceded goals, Trakai's unpleasant statistic is 18 goals surrendered.
Derry City form and stats
Derry's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round against Dinamo Minsk.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shelbourne in their previous outing. The Premier Division match ended in a draw 1-1. The game before that, in the Premier Division, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Shamrock Rovers.
Derry find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Derry City have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kazlauskas 2 goals |   W. Capango Figueira 2 goals | D. Barauskas 1 goals |
Trakai missing players
Derry City missing players
| Trakai | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 41 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 228 | 140 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 274 | ||
| 94 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 103 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Suduva | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Banga | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 5 | Panevezys | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 9 |
| 6 | Trakai | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -18 | 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Derry City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Cork City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Sligo Rovers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |