A Lyga preview and statistics: Kauno Žalgiris - Panevėžys at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Panevėžys's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Panevėžys have performed like this: Played 14 matches resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 27-19 (scored/conceded).

Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

Kauno Žalgiris, who have the most scored goals (24) at home in A Lyga, have performed well here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas so far this season with 6 wins from 8 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Kauno Žalgiris has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Čepas and the players.

The fans are hoping that Kauno Žalgiris will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Europa League game against Apollon. Ahead of that match, Kauno Žalgiris lost 0-2 at home to Apollon.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kauno Žalgiris's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Kauno Žalgiris are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 8 games. Kauno Žalgiris have conceded 13 from these games.

Panevėžys form and stats

Panevėžys have only collected 8 points from their away games after 2-2-5 (9 played). Having won their last three away games Panevėžys has no reason to fear anyone.

Panevėžys play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Palanga. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Zalgiris.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Panevėžys when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Panevėžys have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. Panevėžys have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Panevėžys - Kauno Žalgiris 1-1. Kauno Žalgiris-Panevėžys H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Kauno Žalgiris 1 win, Panevėžys 0 wins, 1 draw. 0 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

João Figueiredo 10 goals

R. Krušnauskas 4 goals

E. Kloniūnas 3 goals

Kauno Žalgiris missing players

Panevėžys missing players