With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Banga fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Panevėžys.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Panevėžys have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-2-8 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.
Banga form and stats
Banga's results here at Gargždų miesto stadionas in the A Lyga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Banga will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the A Lyga game against Zalgiris (placed 1st). Before that, Banga drew at home versus Trakai.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Banga here at Gargždų miesto stadionas in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.
Panevėžys form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Panevėžys, who have the most conceded goals (28) in A Lyga, so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Gouveia Martins, the Panevėžys manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Panevėžys, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Hegelmann Litauen in the Lithuanian Cup last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Trakai.
A new game in only four days for Panevėžys, the A Lyga home match versus Kauno Žalgiris. Busy days.
Panevėžys are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. Panevėžys have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Panevėžys - Banga 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Banga won five, Panevėžys won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Urbaitis 3 goals |  R. Vėževičius 2 goals | R. Matos da Silva 2 goals |
Banga missing players
Panevėžys missing players
| Banga | Panevėžys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 57% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 43% |
| 4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 6.4 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 138 | 57 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 74 | 145 |
| 42 | 20 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 24 | 55 |
| 24% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 12% | 20% |
- Banga has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Banga has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Banga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Panevėžys has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Panevėžys has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Panevėžys has the fewest points (1) away
- Panevėžys has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Panevėžys has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Panevėžys has the most conceded goals (16) away
- Panevėžys has the most conceded goals (28)
- Panevėžys has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Panevėžys has the the worst goal difference (-13) away
- Panevėžys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Panevėžys have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Panevėžys have yet to win a game away.
- Panevėžys 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 | Zalgiris | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Sūduva | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Banga | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 5 | Panevėžys | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
| 6 | Trakai | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -17 | 7 |