This fixture features two sides dwelling in the basement of the A Lyga, FA Šiauliai at 7th spot and Džiugas Telšiai in 9th. A decent opportunity for one of the participants to improve their situation.
- FA Šiauliai have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A Lyga
- Džiugas Telšiai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FA Šiauliai form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the A Lyga numbers at home for FA Šiauliai so far this season. When FA Šiauliai hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Banga, Jonava and FA Šiauliai), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
It's back home for FA Šiauliai, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Panevezys away with the result 2-1. Šešplaukis (2) found the net in that victory. Finally, a league victory after four games without.
Preceding that match was the home game against Kauno Zalgiris that was lost 0-1.Some stats: A review of the 17 latest league games reveals that 14 of them had goals from both teams.
FA Šiauliai aren't scoring a lot here at Šiaulių m. savivaldybes stadionas in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. FA Šiauliai have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Džiugas Telšiai form and stats
Džiugas Telšiai have only collected 5 points from their away games in the A Lyga, after 1-2-5 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Džiugas Telšiai's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from Virkšas and Péricles secured the home win 2-0 against Jonava in their previous game. Eureka; their first victory in the league after eight games not winning.
A 1-2 defeat away at Žalgiris before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Džiugas as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As for defending, Džiugas Telšiai rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head encounter ended Džiugas Telšiai - FA Šiauliai 0-0, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): FA Šiauliai won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Džiugas Telšiai managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  I. Pereira Braz 4 goals |  J. Pedro Júnior 3 goals |  J. Petravicius 2 goals |
FA Šiauliai missing players
Džiugas Telšiai missing players
| FA Šiauliai | Džiugas Telšiai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 24% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 8.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.8 | 8.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 19% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 41% | 30% |
| 12.6 | 12.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
- Džiugas Telšiai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Džiugas Telšiai have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Džiugas Telšiai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- FA Šiauliai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FA Šiauliai have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 | Žalgiris | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Panevezys | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Hegelmann Litauen | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Trakai | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Suduva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | FA Šiauliai | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Banga | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Džiugas Telšiai | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Jonava | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 31 | -56 | 1 |
