Struggling Banga will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Žalgiris in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Banga have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in A Lyga
Banga have less rest than Žalgiris in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A Lyga game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sūduva.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Žalgiris's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artifical turf have ended in 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Banga form and stats
Banga, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in A Lyga, have collected 7 points from their A Lyga home games so far after 2-1-3.
The fans are hoping that Banga will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the A Lyga game against Sūduva (placed 1st). 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 game was the home draw versus Panevezys that ended 2-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Banga as they are travelling to their away game against Žalgiris in the Lithuanian Cup. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Banga in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Banga are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).
Žalgiris form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A Lyga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Žalgiris goalkeeper Edvinas Gertmonas is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Žalgiris's previous game versus Panevezys (placed 4th), a A Lyga 1-0 win played at home.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Panevezys with the score of 2-0.A new game in only four days for Žalgiris, the Lithuanian Cup home match versus Banga. Busy days.
Žalgiris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Banga and Žalgiris have met before this season: Žalgiris - Banga 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Banga won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Žalgiris has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixBanga missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Banga | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 46% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 54% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 10.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.6 | 15.2 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 31% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 30% |
- All of Banga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Banga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Banga have the most conceded goals (13) at home in A Lyga
- Banga have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- Žalgiris have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in A Lyga
- Žalgiris 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 | Sūduva | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Kauno Žalgiris | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Žalgiris | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 4 | Panevezys | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Trakai | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Hegelmann Litauen | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Banga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 9 | Dainava | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -26 | 3 |