Atlantas fights Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga battle

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A Lyga game only four days ago.

Kauno Žalgiris play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Kauno Žalgiris when playing on grass are 11 wins, 7 draws and 20 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 38 goals and conceded 67 times in these games.

Atlantas are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 6th place whatever happens now. Kauno Žalgiris are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

Atlantas form and stats

Atlantas have played 14 A Lyga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Atlantas are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Atlantas, their manager D. Navikas and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The fans are hoping that Atlantas will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the A Lyga game against Žalgiris. Preceding that match was the home game against Panevėžys that was lost 1-4.

Atlantas were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The Atlantas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Atlantas defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the A Lyga.

The supporters enjoyed Kauno Žalgiris's previous game versus Panevėžys, a A Lyga 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Sūduva's place.

Kauno Žalgiris are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Kauno Žalgiris have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Atlantas and Kauno Žalgiris have met before this season: Kauno Žalgiris - Atlantas 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Atlantas victories, 1 draw and 6 Kauno Žalgiris wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Šernas 5 goals

L. Pilibaitis 4 goals

R. Krušnauskas 4 goals

Atlantas missing players

Kauno Žalgiris missing players