There's seemingly a noteworthy gap in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Kauno Žalgiris in front of Dainava by 25 points.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in A Lyga
- Dainava have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in A Lyga
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the A Lyga. This match was also played here at SM Tauras Stadionas. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Dainava have had more rest.
Dainava play their home games on grass, while this match takes place on artifical turf. Up to date results for Dainava when featuring on artifical turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from six matches. They have scored 4 goals and conceded 6 times on these occasions.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
Kauno Žalgiris have collected 28 points from their A Lyga home games so far after 8-4-4.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Panevėžys in the A Lyga last time out and are looking for a win here.
Preceding that match was the home game against Džiugas Telšiai that was lost 0-1.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 nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew zero and lost zero.
Žalgiris has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Žalgiris are not conceding a lot of goals here at SM Tauras Stadionas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.
Dainava form and stats
Playing away, Dainava have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the A Lyga this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Dainava who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Dainava are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the A Lyga against Džiugas Telšiai (placed 7th).
A 1-1 draw at Džiugas Telšiai's stadium before that.You'll want to know how Dainava managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and one home win.
Dainava find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Dainava rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent match: Dainava - Žalgiris 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Žalgiris three wins, zero draws and Dainava zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hamulic 15 goals |  L. Pilibaitis 10 goals | P. Otele 9 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Dainava missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Dainava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 48 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 37 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | 51 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 72% | 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 50% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 47% | 50% |
| 25% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 16% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 12% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 69% |
| 28% | 38% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 12% |
| 19% | 19% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12.2 | 11.1 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 27% | 27% |
- Dainava have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dainava have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in A Lyga
- Dainava have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points from losing position (18) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 31 | 66 |
| 2 | Zalgiris | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 42 | 65 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 56 |
| 4 | Panevėžys | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Trakai | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Džiugas Telšiai | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 8 | Dainava | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Banga | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 29 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 33 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 45 | -65 | 10 |