Football betting preview: Hegelmann Litauen with moderate expectations before welcoming Banga

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Competition: Lithuania 1. Lyga
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (9180 seats)

Hegelmann Litauen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Banga.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Banga play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Banga when playing on grass are 20 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats from 37 matches. They have scored 54 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.

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Hegelmann Litauen form and stats

Hegelmann Litauen have collected 16 points from their 1. Lyga home games so far after 5-1-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Hegelmann Litauen to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Hegelmann Litauen, their manager S. Klein and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Hegelmann Litauen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Banga. Ahead of that match, Hegelmann Litauen lost 0-3 at home to Vilniaus Vytis.

The Hegelmann Litauen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Hegelmann Litauen have conceded 17 from these games.

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Banga form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (23) away in 1. Lyga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the 1. Lyga. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Banga, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two travels in a row for Banga, whose manager A. Šlušnys could celebrate last time after the 1. Lyga win against Hegelmann Litauen. A draw for Banga before that, at their own venue hosting Kauno Zalgiris (2-2).

The travelling fans enjoy Banga's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Banga as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hegelmann Litauen - Banga 2-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hegelmann Litauen 0 wins, 1 draw and Banga 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

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Hegelmann Litauen missing players

Banga missing players

Hegelmann Litauen Banga
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
22 10 3 Played 3 11 22
9 5 1 Won 2 7 16
6 1 0 Drew 0 2 2
7 4 2 Lost 1 2 4
35 18 2 Scored 3 21 46
33 17 7 Conceded 4 8 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 82% 91%
86% 80% 67% Over 1.5 67% 64% 64%
55% 70% 67% Over 2.5 67% 64% 59%
32% 40% 33% Over 3.5 0% 18% 18%
27% 40% 33% Over 4.5 0% 18% 18%
55% 50% 33% BTTS 33% 27% 27%
23% 30% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 64% 59%
27% 20% 33% Failed To Score 33% 27% 23%
 
4.3 4.8 4.5 Corners For (avg) 9 9.2 7.2
6.4 7 5 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.1 3.7
2.9 2.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 1.9 1.9
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Banga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Banga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Banga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Banga have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hegelmann Litauen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hegelmann Litauen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Hegelmann Litauen
All Lithuanian Cup 1. Lyga
All Home Away
07-08-19 1.L Džiugas Telšiai 1 - 1 Hegelmann Litauen
10-08-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 5 - 2 Atmosfera
18-08-19 1.L Dainava 3 - 0 Hegelmann Litauen
24-08-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 0 - 3 Vilniaus Vytis
31-08-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 2 - 3 Banga
12-09-19 1.L Trakai II 14:00 Hegelmann Litauen
16-09-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 15:30 Nevėžis
22-09-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 11:00 Jonava
28-09-19 1.L Kupiškis 12:00 Hegelmann Litauen
09-10-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 15:30 Pakruojis
Banga
All Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies 1. Lyga
All Home Away
10-08-19 1.L Vilniaus Vytis 3 - 0 Banga
19-08-19 1.L Banga 0 - 1 Džiugas Telšiai
24-08-19 1.L Žalgiris II 0 - 3 Banga
27-08-19 LC Banga 1 - 1 Kauno Zalgiris
31-08-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 2 - 3 Banga
08-09-19 1.L Banga 13:00 Minija
22-09-19 1.L BFA 13:00 Banga
28-09-19 1.L Banga 11:00 Atmosfera
04-10-19 1.L Banga 15:30 Nevėžis
12-10-19 1.L Jonava 12:00 Banga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Džiugas Telšiai 22 16 3 3 42 13 11 9 2 0 30 5 11 7 1 3 12 8 29 51
2 Banga 22 16 2 4 46 14 11 9 0 2 25 6 11 7 2 2 21 8 32 50
3 Nevėžis 22 14 3 5 53 21 11 8 2 1 29 8 11 6 1 4 24 13 32 45
4 Dainava 21 12 1 8 50 26 11 6 0 5 30 12 10 6 1 3 20 14 24 37
5 FA Šiauliai 21 11 3 7 47 25 12 6 2 4 27 15 9 5 1 3 20 10 22 36
5 Siauliai 11 4 3 4 23 13 6 2 1 3 14 9 5 2 2 1 9 4 10 15
6 Vilniaus Vytis 21 11 3 7 39 22 8 5 1 2 14 5 13 6 2 5 25 17 17 36
7 Jonava 21 10 3 8 37 31 11 5 1 5 25 17 10 5 2 3 12 14 6 33
8 Hegelmann Litauen 22 9 6 7 35 33 10 5 1 4 18 17 12 4 5 3 17 16 2 33
9 Kupiškis 21 9 5 7 41 34 10 4 2 4 14 14 11 5 3 3 27 20 7 32
10 Minija 21 7 5 9 39 39 11 3 4 4 16 16 10 4 1 5 23 23 0 26
11 BFA 20 8 1 11 40 39 10 5 1 4 18 16 10 3 0 7 22 23 1 25
12 Trakai II 20 4 4 12 30 41 11 3 4 4 19 20 9 1 0 8 11 21 -11 16
13 Stumbras II 12 4 2 6 10 21 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 2 0 4 3 14 -11 14
14 Pakruojis 21 3 4 14 20 74 11 1 1 9 9 44 10 2 3 5 11 30 -54 13
15 Žalgiris II 20 3 2 15 24 64 9 1 1 7 12 30 11 2 1 8 12 34 -40 11
16 Atmosfera 21 2 3 16 19 75 11 1 1 9 8 39 10 1 2 7 11 36 -56 9

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