The season has been hard for Banga so far, while Žalgiris have taken lots of points. Will the visitors get the points at Gargždų miesto stadionas?
- Banga have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A Lyga
The visiting Žalgiris played their last game only four days ago, a Lithuanian Cup match.
Žalgiris play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Relevant results for Žalgiris when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from ten matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 13 times on these occasions.
Banga form and stats
With 4 A Lyga wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Banga are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Banga to get some points in this home game.
Banga are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Suduva. 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.
Preceding that match was the home game against Kauno Zalgiris that was lost 2-3.Banga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Banga have conceded 29 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris have an excellent away record in the A Lyga so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games.
The supporters enjoyed Žalgiris's previous game versus Hegelmann Litauen (placed 5th), a Lithuanian Cup 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Žalgiris was the only team on the pitch versus Hegelmann Litauen in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. T. Kiš certainly enjoyed Žalgiris's last game versus Hegelmann Litauen, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Trakai in the A Lyga.Žalgiris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. Žalgiris are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the result Žalgiris - Banga 3-0 written in the official records. Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Banga, one draw and nine wins for Žalgiris. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Urbys 10 goals |   H. Vidémont 8 goals | F. Kyeremeh 8 goals |
Banga missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Banga | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | 50 |
| 65 | 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 60% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 23% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 8% |
| 53% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 8.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.4 | 15.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 31% | 33% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 29% | 29% |
- Banga have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in A Lyga
- Banga have the most conceded goals (29) at home in A Lyga
- Banga have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in A Lyga
- Banga have the most matches over the total-line (16) in A Lyga
- Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Žalgiris have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the most clean sheets (13) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the most clean sheets (7) away in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the the best goal difference (+15) away in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the the best goal difference (+30) in A Lyga
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 61 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 53 |
| 3 | Kauno Zalgiris | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 51 |
| 4 | Panevezys | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Trakai | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Dainava | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 9 | Banga | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -32 | 25 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 29 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 39 | -54 | 9 |