Football betting preview: Kauno Žalgiris favourites when Atlantas visits

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas (1500 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Kauno Žalgiris fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Atlantas.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Lithuanian Cup match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Banga.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Atlantas's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Atlantas have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats with the goal stats 11-13 (scored/conceded).

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Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

Kauno Žalgiris, who have the most scored goals (27) at home in A Lyga, have performed here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas this season with 7 wins from 10 A Lyga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

Kauno Žalgiris drew their last game, 2-2 away at Banga. A strong away win before that one, visiting Stumbras and winning 3-0.

Kauno Žalgiris are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D0-L0.

Kauno Žalgiris are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas in their league games, having scored an impressive 27 goals in 10 attempts. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Atlantas form and stats

There's been little loot from Atlantas's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the A Lyga. Atlantas only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Atlantas, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Palanga in the A Lyga last time out. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Panevezys.

You'll want to know how Atlantas managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlantas as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Atlantas have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Atlantas - Kauno Žalgiris 1-1. Kauno Žalgiris-Atlantas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kauno Žalgiris 5 wins, Atlantas 3 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

R. Krušnauskas
4 goals
D. Šernas
4 goals

Kauno Žalgiris missing players

Atlantas missing players

Kauno Žalgiris Atlantas
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played 3 11 21
10 7 3 Won 0 2 5
3 1 0 Drew 2 2 4
8 2 0 Lost 1 7 12
37 27 14 Scored 2 10 20
30 15 4 Conceded 5 22 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 91% 90%
81% 90% 100% Over 1.5 67% 91% 90%
62% 80% 100% Over 2.5 33% 64% 62%
33% 60% 100% Over 3.5 33% 27% 29%
14% 30% 67% Over 4.5 33% 18% 19%
43% 60% 67% BTTS 67% 45% 48%
29% 30% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 27% 24%
29% 10% 0% Failed To Score 33% 36% 38%
 
4.9 5.7 5.7 Corners For (avg) 4.3 3.9 4.1
4.5 5.1 2.7 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 6.9 6.7
3.1 3.2 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.3 2.3 2
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Atlantas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Atlantas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kauno Žalgiris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kauno Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlantas have scored away.
  • Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kauno Žalgiris
All A Lyga Europa League Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 2 - 2 Panevezys
11-08-19 AL Žalgiris 3 - 0 Kauno Žalgiris
17-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 1 - 0 Trakai
24-08-19 AL Stumbras 0 - 3 Kauno Žalgiris
27-08-19 LC Banga 1 - 1 Kauno Žalgiris
31-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 14:00 Atlantas
14-09-19 AL Palanga 12:00 Kauno Žalgiris
21-09-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 12:00 Suduva
24-09-19 AL Panevezys 15:00 Kauno Žalgiris
05-10-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 10:00 Žalgiris
Atlantas
All A Lyga Europa League Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-07-19 AL Stumbras 0 - 3 Atlantas
04-08-19 AL Atlantas 1 - 3 Žalgiris
10-08-19 AL Trakai 1 - 1 Atlantas
18-08-19 AL Atlantas 0 - 2 Panevezys
25-08-19 AL Palanga 0 - 2 Atlantas
31-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 14:00 Atlantas
13-09-19 AL Atlantas 16:00 Suduva
25-09-19 AL Žalgiris 16:00 Atlantas
05-10-19 AL Atlantas 12:00 Trakai
19-10-19 AL Panevezys 14:00 Atlantas

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Žalgiris 20 16 1 3 47 16 10 9 1 0 25 8 10 7 0 3 22 8 31 49
2 Sūduva 18 15 0 3 40 10 11 10 0 1 26 5 7 5 0 2 14 5 30 45
3 Trakai 21 10 5 6 31 23 10 5 4 1 12 5 11 5 1 5 19 18 8 35
4 Kauno Žalgiris 21 10 3 8 37 30 10 7 1 2 27 15 11 3 2 6 10 15 7 33
5 Panevėžys 21 7 5 9 31 30 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 3 3 5 14 14 1 26
6 Atlantas 21 5 4 12 20 41 10 3 2 5 10 19 11 2 2 7 10 22 -21 19
7 Stumbras 21 4 3 14 12 39 11 4 0 7 6 19 10 0 3 7 6 20 -27 15
8 Palanga 21 4 1 16 22 51 10 3 1 6 11 19 11 1 0 10 11 32 -29 13

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