Banga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Kauno Žalgiris.
- All of Banga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points (7) away in A Lyga
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.
Banga form and stats
Banga have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the A Lyga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for Banga bring valid hopes of a third.
Banga's last game was hosting Nevezis (placed 9th) and winning 5-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Hegelmann Litauen and winning 1-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The match schedule is unforgiving for Banga as they have a new game in only four days, a A Lyga match thankfully also at home. Trakai are visiting.
Goals are plentiful at Gargždų miesto stadionas in the league this season as Banga has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Banga's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (7) away in A Lyga, on their A Lyga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Momentum is building for Žalgiris in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Žalgiris, whose manager R. Garastas could celebrate last time after the A Lyga win against Hegelmann Litauen. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dainava at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The schedule is very tough for Žalgiris now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A A Lyga game at Nevezis is waiting in only four days.
Žalgiris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Kauno Žalgiris have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kauno Žalgiris - Banga 1-0. Last six meetings between the teams: Banga won one, Kauno Žalgiris won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Otele 5 goals | L. Pilibaitis 4 goals |  S. Urbys 3 goals |
Banga missing players
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
| Banga | Kauno Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 12.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 6.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 35% | 42% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 26% |
- All of Banga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kauno Žalgiris have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points (7) away in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris 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 | Suduva | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Kauno Žalgiris | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Zalgiris | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Trakai | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Banga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Hegelmann Litauen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Nevezis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -18 | 3 |
| 10 | Dainava | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 0 |