3rd spot in the A Lyga table for Kauno Žalgiris at present, a potent performance. The home team followers pray for more points as 4th-placed Panevėžys visit Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in A Lyga
- Panevėžys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Lithuanian Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Žalgiris, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Panevėžys.
This football field has artifical turf, unlike Panevėžys's home stadium. The previous 13 games by the away side on artifical turf have resulted in 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Kauno Žalgiris have to build on here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas in the A Lyga.
The Žalgiris crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Dziugas Telsiai here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas in a A Lyga match.
Before that match, a win away at Hegelmann Litauen.This is expected to be a close game, with Kauno Žalgiris perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kauno Žalgiris as a small favourite), we find five games. Žalgiris has won four of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A Lyga game versus Dainava in only four days. This game is also played here at Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas.
Kauno Žalgiris are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Kauno Žalgiris have conceded only 14 goals.
Panevėžys form and stats
The visitors are W7-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the A Lyga. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Panevėžys have lost on their last two travels.
Panevėžys are travelling again after losing away to Žalgiris in their previous match (1-5). Panevėžys lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Banga's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Panevėžys in our archives, and the results are: one win for Panevėžys, two draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dziugas Telsiai in just four days.
The visiting Panevėžys have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. Panevėžys have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived scoreline involving both these participants is the Panevėžys - Žalgiris 4-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Kauno Žalgiris won five, Panevėžys triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pilibaitis 10 goals | P. Otele 9 goals |  J. dos Santos 8 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Panevėžys missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Panevėžys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 47 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 45 |
| 36 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 71% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 73% |
| 52% | 40% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 53% | 50% |
| 26% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 50% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 14.9 | 14.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 29% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 20% | 26% |
- Kauno Žalgiris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points from losing position (17) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Panevėžys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Sūduva | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 41 | 62 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 55 |
| 4 | Panevėžys | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 51 |
| 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 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | Dainava | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 9 | Banga | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 35 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 28 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 45 | -62 | 10 |