A key match in A Lyga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Kauno Žalgiris in 2nd position and Sūduva placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It's no vacation for neither Žalgiris nor Sūduva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Žalgiris's stadium, S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno 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; 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from eight matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 5.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Kauno Žalgiris's two home games in the A Lyga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas.
Kauno Žalgiris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Žalgiris's place. The match ended 3-2 with P. Otele, L. Pilibaitis and S. Paulius scoring. Before that, Žalgiris played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Banga.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Garastas when P. Otele scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Kauno Žalgiris has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva, who have the most scored goals (12) in A Lyga, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the A Lyga.
M. Topcagić (3) scored in Sūduva's previous match, the home game against Panevėžys that ended 3-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Žalgiris.
It was a convincing performance from Sūduva when Panevėžys were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. M. Topcagić (3) scored their goals. M. Topcagić certainly enjoyed Sūduva's last game versus Panevėžys, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.
6 goals so far away for Sūduva, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sūduva - Kauno Žalgiris 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Žalgiris, one draw and eight wins for Sūduva. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Topcagić 4 goals |   L. Pilibaitis 2 goals | E. David 2 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Sūduva missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Sūduva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 61 |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 34 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 35% |
- All of Sūduva's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Kauno Žalgiris have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sūduva has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Sūduva has the most scored goals (12)
- Sūduva has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
- Sūduva has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- Sūduva has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- Sūduva has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Sūduva have created more than twice as many corners as Kauno Žalgiris.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sūduva have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sūduva have won all their away games so far.
- Sūduva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sūduva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sūduva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sūduva is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Kauno Žalgiris | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Žalgiris | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Banga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Trakai | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 6 | Panevėžys | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 1 |