Sūduva can not expect any pleasantries from their host Kauno Žalgiris in this A Lyga game. Here's our full preview!
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points from losing position (12) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A Lyga
Žalgiris's stadium, SM Tauras Stadionas, has a artifical turf surface. Sūduva have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sūduva when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 8.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
Kauno Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at SM Tauras Stadionas. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
The home team returns to SM Tauras Stadionas after being equal after 90 minutes with Nevėžis (placed 10th) on their last time out; the A Lyga game ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Žalgiris lost 1-2 at home to Panevezys.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A Lyga game versus Trakai in only four days. This game is also played here at SM Tauras Stadionas.
Žalgiris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SM Tauras Stadionas with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Žalgiris have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sūduva form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A Lyga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Sūduva, whose manager V. Basadre Orozco could celebrate last time after the A Lyga win against Banga.
Before that, Sūduva travelled to Trakai and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Sūduva have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Sūduva are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Žalgiris - Sūduva 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Žalgiris won two games, one match ended with a draw and Sūduva has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  K. Mbombo 8 goals |  P. Otele 7 goals | L. Pilibaitis 7 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Sūduva missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Sūduva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 68% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 74% |
| 58% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 32% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 6.9 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 12.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 28% | 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 27% |
- Kauno Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kauno Žalgiris have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris have the most points from losing position (12) in A Lyga
- Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sūduva have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Sūduva | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Kauno Žalgiris | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Trakai | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Dainava | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Banga | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -24 | 18 |
| 10 | Nevėžis | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -33 | 9 |