It's still early in the A Lyga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Banga - Žalgiris preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Žalgiris's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Žalgiris have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal stats 17-10 (scored/conceded).
Banga form and stats
Banga have only played one A Lyga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 15 matches. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Banga, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Banga are confident in defense, having played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Banga, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Trakai away with the result 1-0. P. Lotužys found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Panevezys.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of T. Tamosauskas when P. Lotužys scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute.
Banga has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Žalgiris form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the A Lyga.
Žalgiris play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Kauno Zalgiris (placed 4th). A 0-1 loss hosting Trakai before that.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Žalgiris has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Banga, two draws and eight wins for Žalgiris. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Urbaitis 1 goals | P. Lotužys 1 goals |  R. Vėževičius 1 goals |
Banga missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Banga | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.3 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 8 | 47 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 19% |
- Banga has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
- Banga has the most matches under the total-line (3)
- Žalgiris has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Žalgiris has the most scored goals in the first half (3)
| Banga | Last season | Žalgiris | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 37 | Scored | S | 29 | 73 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 66% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 74% | ||
| 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 19% | ||
| 34% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 55% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 13% | ||
| 6.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 251 | 140 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 399 | ||
| 111 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 86 | 188 | ||
| 50% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Banga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Kauno Zalgiris | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Trakai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Panevezys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 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 |