Evenly matched teams: Banga vs Panevėžys match preview

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Competition: Sat 30.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gargždų miesto stadionas (2000 seats)

Game week two of the A Lyga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Banga - Panevėžys preview:

It should be mentioned that Panevėžys play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Panevėžys on artifical turf are 4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-21. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Banga form and stats

Banga has recorded two wins in a row here at Gargždų miesto stadionas, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Banga lost their last game at Suduva (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Last season, Banga's league statistics were 18 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the 1. Lyga. Over these 29 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Banga managed 11-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 13 conceded.

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Panevėžys form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their A Lyga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

There might be some fixture complaints from Panevėžys as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the A Lyga match against Zalgiris (0-4).

Panevėžys lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Panevėžys in our archives, and the results are: one win for Panevėžys, zero draws and one defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Panevėžys has managed 0 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.

Let's have a look at how Panevėžys performed last season in the 1. Lyga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 15/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Banga wins - draws - Panevėžys wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Banga missing players

Panevėžys missing players

Banga Panevėžys
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 10 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Banga Last season Panevėžys
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   16 31
18 11   Won W   3 8
5 1   Drew D   3 7
6 3   Lost L   10 16
60 37   Scored S   17 43
24 13   Conceded C   31 63
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
66% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 94%
62% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 65%
31% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 39%
21% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 23%
34% 40%   BTTS BTTS   62% 71%
52% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 6%
24% 13%   Failed to Score F T   31% 23%
 
6.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.5
3.3 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 6.1
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
251 140   Total Shots T S   133 273
111 56   Shots on Target S O   57 121
50% 61%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 32%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Kauno Zalgiris 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Suduva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Banga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
5 Trakai 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
6 Panevėžys 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dziugas Telsiai 29 20 4 5 61 23 15 11 3 1 39 11 14 9 1 4 22 12 38 64
2 Banga 29 18 5 6 60 24 15 11 1 3 37 13 14 7 4 3 23 11 36 59
3 Vilniaus Vytis 29 18 4 7 76 31 14 11 1 2 43 12 15 7 3 5 33 19 45 58
4 Dainava 29 17 2 10 64 34 15 8 1 6 35 15 14 9 1 4 29 19 30 53
5 Nevezis 29 16 5 8 66 37 14 9 3 2 33 14 15 7 2 6 33 23 29 53
5 Siauliai 11 4 3 4 23 13 6 2 1 3 14 9 5 2 2 1 9 4 10 15
6 FA Siauliai 29 15 5 9 66 37 15 8 3 4 39 19 14 7 2 5 27 18 29 50
7 Hegelmann Litauen 29 13 8 8 60 42 15 9 2 4 43 22 14 4 6 4 17 20 18 47
8 Minija 28 12 5 11 54 49 14 6 4 4 23 17 14 6 1 7 31 32 5 41
9 Jonava 29 12 4 13 55 47 15 7 1 7 36 23 14 5 3 6 19 24 8 40
10 Kupiskis 28 10 6 12 49 56 14 4 3 7 18 28 14 6 3 5 31 28 -7 36
11 BFA 29 10 3 16 58 56 14 7 2 5 32 20 15 3 1 11 26 36 2 33
12 Trakai II 29 9 5 15 61 53 14 5 4 5 26 22 15 4 1 10 35 31 8 32
13 Zalgiris II 28 6 4 18 43 83 14 3 3 8 28 37 14 3 1 10 15 46 -40 22
14 Atmosfera 29 4 4 21 26 96 14 1 1 12 10 50 15 3 3 9 16 46 -70 16
15 Stumbras II 12 4 2 6 10 21 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 2 0 4 3 14 -11 14
16 Pakruojis 29 3 4 22 25 145 14 1 1 12 11 64 15 2 3 10 14 81 -120 13