Banga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Sūduva.
Banga and Sūduva should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It should be mentioned that Sūduva 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 Sūduva on artifical turf are 5 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
Banga form and stats
With 1 A Lyga win, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Banga, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in A Lyga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Banga are slowly digging their own grave here at Gargždų miesto stadionas with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Panevezys match.
No payout for Banga in their previous match, an away game at Trakai that ended in defeat 0-4. Preceding that match was the home game against Kauno Zalgiris that was lost 1-2.
Banga were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Banga has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sūduva form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in A Lyga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the A Lyga.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Panevezys (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The A Lyga match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Sūduva secured a home win against Trakai with the score 7-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Sūduva's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sūduva have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sūduva - Banga 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Banga won one game, one match ended with a draw and Sūduva has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  J. Tadic 10 goals |  M. Topcagić 5 goals |   K. Urbaitis 3 goals |
Banga missing players
Sūduva missing players
| Banga | Sūduva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 65% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 41% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 53% |
| 47% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 176 | 84 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 114 | 210 |
| 55 | 30 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 46 | 97 |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 26% | 30% |
- Banga has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in A Lyga
- Banga has the fewest scored goals (14) in A Lyga
- Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sūduva has the fewest conceded goals (13) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the most points from losing position (5) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sūduva have scored more than double the goals of Banga.
- Sūduva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Sūduva | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Kauno Zalgiris | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Banga | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 5 | Trakai | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -20 | 11 |
| 6 | Panevezys | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 10 |