Kauno Žalgiris will hope to operate their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 15 points behind Žalgiris.
- Kauno Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Kauno Žalgiris's stadium, S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, has a artifical turf surface. Žalgiris 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 Žalgiris when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from 13 matches. They have scored {17 goals} in these games and conceded 14.
Kauno Žalgiris and Žalgiris should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
The A Lyga results at home this season for Kauno Žalgiris are 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Žalgiris has four draws from their last four matches.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Kauno Žalgiris, who played 1-1 against Suduva. That match was also played at this venue (S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas). The hometeam coach Stankevičius made a successful contribution in the game against Suduva, bringing on Kloniūnas who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Trakai the opponent.Betting people who like gambling for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
The Kauno Žalgiris fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Žalgiris have conceded only 5 goals.
Žalgiris form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the A Lyga. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Žalgiris are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Žalgiris, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Dziugas Telsiai (placed 10th) last time out.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dainava.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Žalgiris have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams met earlier this season; Žalgiris - Kauno Žalgiris 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Žalgiris wins - draws - Žalgiris wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyewusi Kehinde 8 goals |  X. Auzmendi Arruabarrena 4 goals | E. Girdvainis 4 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 63% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 37% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16.5 | 16.3 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| 8.1 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9 | 8.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Kauno Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panevėžys | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | FA Siauliai | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Kauno Žalgiris | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Dainava | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Banga | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 19 |
| 8 | Suduva | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 9 | Trakai | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 14 |
| 10 | Dziugas Telsiai | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
