Banga fearless before departure for Žalgiris II clash

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Competition: Lithuania 1. Lyga
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vilniaus LFF stadionas (5422 seats)

The visiting Banga side should be favourites in this visit to Žalgiris II, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.

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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Banga's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Banga have performed like this: Played 36 matches resulting in 19 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats with the goal stats 50-29 (scored/conceded).

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Žalgiris II form and stats

Žalgiris II's struggle is real here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas with only 4 points collected from 8 1. Lyga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-6. The home stadium (Vilniaus LFF stadionas) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Žalgiris II it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The Žalgiris II fans got no joy from their last match, a 1. Lyga game also here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas: A 0-2 defeat against Banga. Preceding that match was the home game against FA Šiauliai that was lost 1-4.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of points are very slim. When Žalgiris II have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 2 from two games. 2 defeats by at least two goals.

The Žalgiris II fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Žalgiris II's defense is seriously deficient as 27 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Banga form and stats

As the visiting team in 1. Lyga matches, Banga have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Banga, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Žalgiris II in the 1. Lyga last time out. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Džiugas Telšiai.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Banga given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed four matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 3 of these games by at least two goals.

Banga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Banga as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Banga - Žalgiris II 5-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Žalgiris II 3 wins, 1 draw and Banga 6 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Žalgiris II missing players

Banga missing players

Žalgiris II Banga
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 9 3 Played 3 10 21
3 1 0 Won 2 6 15
2 1 0 Drew 1 2 2
15 7 3 Lost 0 2 4
24 12 3 Scored 8 17 42
63 29 14 Conceded 0 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 80% 90%
90% 89% 100% Over 1.5 33% 60% 62%
70% 67% 100% Over 2.5 33% 50% 52%
55% 56% 67% Over 3.5 33% 10% 14%
45% 56% 67% Over 4.5 33% 10% 14%
55% 67% 67% BTTS 0% 20% 24%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 70% 62%
40% 33% 33% Failed To Score 33% 30% 24%
 
3.3 3 2 Corners For (avg) 10.3 8.6 6.7
6.7 6.9 8.3 Corners Against (avg) 2.7 3.8 3.5
1.5 1.3 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 2
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Banga have created more than twice as many corners as Žalgiris II.
  • 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.
  • Žalgiris II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Žalgiris II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Žalgiris II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Žalgiris II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Žalgiris II
All 1. Lyga
All Home Away
03-08-19 1.L Minija 4 - 0 Žalgiris II
09-08-19 1.L Kupiškis 2 - 0 Žalgiris II
13-08-19 1.L Trakai II 3 - 3 Žalgiris II
17-08-19 1.L Žalgiris II 1 - 4 FA Šiauliai
24-08-19 1.L Žalgiris II 13:00 Banga
01-09-19 1.L Žalgiris II 14:00 Atmosfera
11-09-19 1.L Žalgiris II 14:00 Dainava
16-09-19 1.L Žalgiris II 14:00 Jonava
22-09-19 1.L Žalgiris II 13:00 Pakruojis
27-09-19 1.L Vilniaus Vytis 16:00 Žalgiris II
Banga
All Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies 1. Lyga
All Home Away
27-07-19 1.L FA Šiauliai 0 - 3 Banga
04-08-19 1.L Banga 2 - 1 Trakai II
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 13:00 Banga
27-08-19 LC Banga 15:30 Kauno Žalgiris
31-08-19 1.L Hegelmann Litauen 11:00 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

  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 21 14 3 4 53 19 11 8 2 1 29 8 10 6 1 3 24 11 34 45
3 Banga 20 14 2 4 40 12 11 9 0 2 25 6 9 5 2 2 15 6 28 44
4 Dainava 20 11 1 8 41 25 10 5 0 5 21 11 10 6 1 3 20 14 16 34
5 FA Šiauliai 20 10 3 7 40 24 11 5 2 4 20 14 9 5 1 3 20 10 16 33
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 20 10 3 7 37 22 7 4 1 2 12 5 13 6 2 5 25 17 15 33
7 Hegelmann Litauen 21 9 6 6 33 30 9 5 1 3 16 14 12 4 5 3 17 16 3 33
8 Kupiškis 20 9 5 6 41 32 10 4 2 4 14 14 10 5 3 2 27 18 9 32
9 Jonava 20 9 3 8 33 30 10 4 1 5 21 16 10 5 2 3 12 14 3 30
10 Minija 20 7 5 8 38 35 11 3 4 4 16 16 9 4 1 4 22 19 3 26
11 BFA 19 7 1 11 37 39 9 4 1 4 15 16 10 3 0 7 22 23 -2 22
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 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 21 2 3 16 19 75 11 1 1 9 8 39 10 1 2 7 11 36 -56 9

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