Banga v Kauno Žalgiris preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Competition: Tue 18.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gargždų miesto stadionas (2000 seats)

Banga - Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga: Data, team selections, games, tendencies and news. Get our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Banga have the most conceded goals (22) at home in A Lyga
  • Kauno Žalgiris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a A Lyga fixture only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dziugas Telsiai, was also a home game here at Gargždų miesto stadionas. The away team is better rested.

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Banga form and stats

With 3 A Lyga wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Banga are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Gargždų miesto stadionas have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Banga as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Banga club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Gargždų miesto stadionas: A 0-1 defeat against Dziugas Telsiai (placed 9th).

Before that match, a win away at Dainava.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 17 league games, 13 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Banga aren't scoring a lot here at Gargždų miesto stadionas in the league, with only {7 goals} from 12 games. Banga have conceded 22 from these games.

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Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

There's been little loot from Kauno Žalgiris's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the A Lyga. Kauno Žalgiris only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

Žalgiris are travelling again after losing away to Panevezys in their previous match (0-3).

Before that, Kauno Žalgiris secured a home win against FA Siauliai with the score 3-2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The A Lyga trip to Dainava.

Kauno Žalgiris are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Kauno Žalgiris in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kauno Žalgiris have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Banga.

These teams met each other earlier this match year: Kauno Žalgiris - Banga 0-0. Žebrauskas (Banga) and Spiridonovic (Kauno Žalgiris) were shown red cards when these sides met previously this season. Will it be as hot-tempered this time? The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Kauno ŽalgirisE. Girdvainis
E. Girdvainis
6 goals
Kauno ŽalgirisG. Sirgedas
G. Sirgedas
5 goals
Kauno ŽalgirisX. Auzmendi Arruabarrena
X. Auzmendi Arruabarrena
4 goals

Banga missing players

Kauno Žalgiris missing players

Banga Kauno Žalgiris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 12 2 Played P 3 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 1 0 Drew D 2 3 7
12 8 1 Lost L 0 5 7
14 7 2 Scored S 5 11 28
34 22 6 Conceded C 3 14 26
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 81%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 67%
32% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 48%
18% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 29%
14% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 19%
27% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 52%
27% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 33%
55% 58% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 33%
 
4.2 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9.7 4.8 5.5
7.1 6.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.6 4.1
2.4 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.7 8.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.6 11.4
2.9 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 4.3
22% 18% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 31% 31%
 
14.3 14.5 18.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 9.7 8.6
6.1 7.2 12 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.3 4.1
Key stats in A Lyga this season:
  • Banga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Banga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Banga have the most conceded goals (22) at home in A Lyga
  • Banga have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in A Lyga
  • Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kauno Žalgiris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panevezys 21 16 4 1 40 7 11 8 3 0 19 3 10 8 1 1 21 4 33 52
2 Zalgiris 22 15 4 3 40 15 10 7 2 1 18 7 12 8 2 2 22 8 25 49
3 FA Siauliai 22 12 7 3 33 19 12 8 3 1 20 8 10 4 4 2 13 11 14 43
4 Hegelmann Litauen 21 10 1 10 39 23 10 5 1 4 23 11 11 5 0 6 16 12 16 31
5 Kauno Žalgiris 21 7 7 7 28 26 11 5 4 2 17 12 10 2 3 5 11 14 2 28
6 Dainava 21 5 7 9 15 20 10 4 3 3 12 8 11 1 4 6 3 12 -5 22
7 Banga 22 6 4 12 14 34 12 3 1 8 7 22 10 3 3 4 7 12 -20 22
8 Suduva 21 5 3 13 15 36 10 4 1 5 9 12 11 1 2 8 6 24 -21 18
9 Dziugas Telsiai 22 4 5 13 17 36 12 2 3 7 9 17 10 2 2 6 8 19 -19 17
10 Trakai 21 2 8 11 9 34 9 1 4 4 3 13 12 1 4 7 6 21 -25 14