1. Lyga match preview: Minija versus Nevėžis

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Competition: Lithuania 1. Lyga
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kretingos miesto stadionas (300 seats)

Minija will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Nevėžis.

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.

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Minija form and stats

With 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Minija are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Happy days for Minija in their previous game, a 1. Lyga match away at Atmosfera that ended with a 7-0 victory. In the preceding match a 6-0 victory visiting Pakruojis.

Minija are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Minija defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nevėžis form and stats

Nevėžis, who have the most scored goals (53) in 1. Lyga, have an excellent away record so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. The fact that Nevėžis have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nevėžis, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Nevėžis's previous game versus BFA, a 1. Lyga 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Trakai II.

Nevėžis create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game on their own, having scored 24 goals in 9 travels. Nevėžis have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Nevėžis - Minija 5-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Minija, 1 draw and 8 wins for Nevėžis. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Minija missing players

Nevėžis missing players

Minija Nevėžis
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played 4 9 20
6 2 0 Won 3 6 14
5 4 1 Drew 0 1 3
8 4 1 Lost 1 2 3
36 14 1 Scored 7 24 53
35 16 2 Conceded 5 9 17
95% 90% 50% Over 0.5 100% 89% 90%
84% 90% 50% Over 1.5 50% 44% 60%
63% 60% 50% Over 2.5 50% 44% 55%
47% 30% 0% Over 3.5 25% 33% 45%
32% 10% 0% Over 4.5 25% 33% 35%
47% 60% 50% BTTS 25% 33% 40%
32% 20% 50% Clean Sheets 75% 56% 50%
26% 30% 50% Failed To Score 0% 22% 20%
 
5.5 5.9 7.5 Corners For (avg) 9.3 7.9 5.8
6.2 5.9 6 Corners Against (avg) 2.7 3.3 4.4
1.5 1.7 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.7 1.8
2 2 1 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Nevėžis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nevėžis have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Nevėžis have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Minija
07-07-19 1.L Trakai II 2 - 2 Minija
27-07-19 1.L Minija 1 - 1 Vilniaus Vytis
03-08-19 1.L Minija 4 - 0 Žalgiris II
10-08-19 1.L Pakruojis 0 - 6 Minija
17-08-19 1.L Atmosfera 0 - 7 Minija
23-08-19 1.L Minija 15:00 Nevėžis
31-08-19 1.L Jonava 14:00 Minija
08-09-19 1.L Banga 13:00 Minija
15-09-19 1.L Minija 14:00 Dainava
21-09-19 1.L FA Šiauliai 13:00 Minija
Nevėžis
03-07-19 1.L Jonava 5 - 2 Nevėžis
26-07-19 1.L Pakruojis 1 - 9 Nevėžis
02-08-19 1.L Kupiškis 0 - 3 Nevėžis
09-08-19 1.L Nevėžis 3 - 2 Trakai II
16-08-19 1.L Nevėžis 1 - 0 BFA
23-08-19 1.L Minija 15:00 Nevėžis
28-08-19 LC Nevėžis 16:30 Zalgiris
31-08-19 1.L Džiugas Telšiai 11:00 Nevėžis
16-09-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 15:30 Nevėžis
21-09-19 1.L Vilniaus Vytis 15:00 Nevėžis

  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 20 15 3 2 40 10 10 8 2 0 28 5 10 7 1 2 12 5 30 48
2 Nevėžis 20 14 3 3 53 17 11 8 2 1 29 8 9 6 1 2 24 9 36 45
3 Banga 20 14 2 4 40 12 11 9 0 2 25 6 9 5 2 2 15 6 28 44
4 Hegelmann Litauen 20 9 6 5 33 27 8 5 1 2 16 11 12 4 5 3 17 16 6 33
5 Dainava 19 10 1 8 38 23 9 4 0 5 18 9 10 6 1 3 20 14 15 31
5 Siauliai 11 4 3 4 23 13 6 2 1 3 14 9 5 2 2 1 9 4 10 15
6 FA Šiauliai 19 9 3 7 37 23 10 4 2 4 17 13 9 5 1 3 20 10 14 30
7 Jonava 19 9 3 7 32 27 10 4 1 5 21 16 9 5 2 2 11 11 5 30
8 Kupiškis 19 8 5 6 36 32 10 4 2 4 14 14 9 4 3 2 22 18 4 29
9 Vilniaus Vytis 18 8 3 7 31 22 7 4 1 2 12 5 11 4 2 5 19 17 9 27
10 Minija 19 6 5 8 36 35 10 2 4 4 14 16 9 4 1 4 22 19 1 23
11 BFA 18 7 1 10 35 36 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 3 0 6 20 20 -1 22
12 Trakai II 19 4 4 11 30 38 10 3 4 3 19 17 9 1 0 8 11 21 -8 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 19 3 4 12 18 58 11 1 1 9 9 44 8 2 3 3 9 14 -40 13
15 Žalgiris II 19 3 2 14 24 61 8 1 1 6 12 27 11 2 1 8 12 34 -37 11
16 Atmosfera 20 2 3 15 19 70 10 1 1 8 8 34 10 1 2 7 11 36 -51 9