Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, FA Šiauliai in 7th and Dainava in 6th place.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Šiauliai and Dainava.
FA Šiauliai form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Lyga for FA Šiauliai at their home stadium (Šiaulių m. savivaldybes stadionas) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Šiauliai after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Šiauliai supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dainava in 1. Lyga and win 2-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Nevezis.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Fredrik Carson Pedersen scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
This is expected to be a close game, with FA Šiauliai perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FA Šiauliai as a small favourite), we find two games. FA Šiauliai has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The Šiauliai fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Šiauliai have conceded 7 goals.
Dainava form and stats
3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dainava in their 1. Lyga matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Dainava as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the 1. Lyga match against FA Šiauliai (1-2). A 1-2 loss hosting Hegelmann Litauen before that.
Dainava were so close to getting something from the game against FA Šiauliai, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Dainava in our archives, and the results are: one win for Dainava, zero draws and one defeat.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dainava are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Dainava as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
FA Šiauliai - Dainava 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for FA Šiauliai, zero draws and two wins for Dainava. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.FA Šiauliai missing players
Dainava missing players
| FA Šiauliai | Dainava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | 45 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 51 | 99 |
| 35 | 18 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 25 | 40 |
| 49% | 50% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 30% |
- Dainava have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Dainava have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dainava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FA Šiauliai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FA Šiauliai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vilniaus Vytis | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Jonava | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Dziugas Telsiai | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | Hegelmann Litauen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 5 | Nevezis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 | Dainava | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | FA Šiauliai | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Trakai II | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Panevezys II | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 8 |
| 10 | Žalgiris II | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Atmosfera | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Kauno Žalgiris II | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -18 | 3 |
| 13 | Minija | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -15 | 2 |
| 14 | BFA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 0 |