Žalgiris II vs FA Šiauliai: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Lithuania 1. Lyga
Competition: Thu 23.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vilniaus LFF stadionas (5400 seats)

A key match in 1. Lyga as both contenders are fighting for the top spots. With Žalgiris II in 3rd place and FA Šiauliai at 1st, this has all the looks of a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Žalgiris II have the most matches over the total-line (11) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most scored goals (69) in 1. Lyga

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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Žalgiris II form and stats

Home games in the 1. Lyga have been a walk in the park for Žalgiris II so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

An away draw last time out for Žalgiris II, facing Panevezys II in a game that ended 1-1.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Babrungas.

Žalgiris II are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (28 goals in 10 games). 10 goals have been conceded.

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FA Šiauliai form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of FA Šiauliai so far, with 9-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are 1. Lyga statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Šiauliai as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Two travels in a row for Šiauliai, whose manager M. Čepas could celebrate last time after the 1. Lyga win against Minija.

Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Kauno Zalgiris II.

Šiauliai create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 30 goals in 11 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

FA Šiauliai - Žalgiris 5-0 was the product when this pair of squads previously played each other, some time ago this season. Žalgiris II-FA Šiauliai H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Žalgiris II zero wins, FA Šiauliai four wins, zero draws. four of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Žalgiris II missing players

FA Šiauliai missing players

Žalgiris II FA Šiauliai
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 1 11 21
13 8 0 Won W 1 9 18
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
58 28 1 Scored S 3 30 69
42 10 3 Conceded C 0 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 95%
86% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 86%
73% 70% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 57%
45% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 29%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 48%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 64% 52%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 7.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 9 8.8 8.2
5.5 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.1
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 13.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 31 18.8 18.2
5.6 7.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 8.4 9.1
47% 39% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 34% 38%
Key stats in 1. Lyga this season:
  • FA Šiauliai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FA Šiauliai have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FA Šiauliai have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most clean sheets (10) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most clean sheets (6) away in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most scored goals (69) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the the best goal difference (+22) away in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have the the best goal difference (+55) in 1. Lyga
  • FA Šiauliai have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FA Šiauliai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žalgiris II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žalgiris II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Žalgiris II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Žalgiris II have the most matches over the total-line (11) in 1. Lyga
  • Žalgiris II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Žalgiris II 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 FA Šiauliai 21 18 2 1 69 14 10 9 1 0 39 6 11 9 1 1 30 8 55 56
2 Jonava 21 18 2 1 59 21 10 9 1 0 35 8 11 9 1 1 24 13 38 56
3 Žalgiris II 22 13 3 6 58 42 10 8 1 1 28 10 12 5 2 5 30 32 16 42
4 Silas 22 12 3 7 47 33 12 6 2 4 28 19 10 6 1 3 19 14 14 39
5 Panevezys II 22 12 2 8 46 44 11 6 1 4 24 23 11 6 1 4 22 21 2 38
6 Atmosfera 22 10 3 9 39 50 11 4 2 5 21 26 11 6 1 4 18 24 -11 33
7 Banga II 22 9 5 8 37 35 11 5 2 4 18 18 11 4 3 4 19 17 2 32
8 Babrungas 22 9 3 10 43 43 12 5 1 6 23 23 10 4 2 4 20 20 0 30
9 Neptuna Klaipeda 22 7 3 12 33 43 11 3 1 7 11 19 11 4 2 5 22 24 -10 24
10 Trakai II 22 7 2 13 33 48 11 5 1 5 23 22 11 2 1 8 10 26 -15 23
11 Minija 21 6 3 12 31 39 11 3 1 7 18 21 10 3 2 5 13 18 -8 21
12 BFA 22 6 2 14 30 61 11 4 1 6 18 28 11 2 1 8 12 33 -31 20
13 Suduva II 22 4 1 17 16 41 11 3 1 7 8 16 11 1 0 10 8 25 -25 13
14 Kauno Zalgiris II 21 3 2 16 24 51 10 1 2 7 10 22 11 2 0 9 14 29 -27 11