Betting preview: Palanga faced with a tough challenge when Kauno Žalgiris visits

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Centrinis miesto stadionas (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Centrinis miesto stadionas haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Palanga languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Kauno Žalgiris will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Kauno Žalgiris play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Kauno Žalgiris when playing on grass are 9 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats from 34 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 60 times in these games.

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Palanga form and stats

Palanga's struggle is real here at Centrinis miesto stadionas with only 10 points collected from 11 A Lyga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-7. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Palanga, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Palanga crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Žalgiris here at Centrinis miesto stadionas in a A Lyga match. Before that, Palanga played out a Lithuanian Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Dziugas Telsiai.

The Palanga fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Palanga with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

Kauno Žalgiris have only collected 11 points from their away games in the A Lyga, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

Kauno Žalgiris are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the A Lyga against Atlantas (placed 6th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Banga.

The attacking power of Kauno Žalgiris when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Kauno Žalgiris in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Kauno Žalgiris - Palanga 4-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 1 - 8 (Palanga wins - draws - Kauno Žalgiris wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Krušnauskas
4 goals
P. Sirvys
3 goals
Y. Bushman
3 goals

Palanga missing players

Kauno Žalgiris missing players

Palanga Kauno Žalgiris
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played 4 11 22
4 3 0 Won 2 3 11
1 1 1 Drew 1 2 3
17 7 2 Lost 1 6 8
22 11 3 Scored 5 10 38
55 23 6 Conceded 3 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 75% 73% 77%
82% 73% 67% Over 2.5 25% 45% 59%
41% 27% 33% Over 3.5 0% 9% 32%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 14%
59% 55% 100% BTTS 25% 27% 41%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 27% 32%
32% 36% 0% Failed To Score 25% 45% 27%
 
3.5 4.4 5 Corners For (avg) 3.3 4.1 5.1
6.3 6.9 7.7 Corners Against (avg) 3.7 3.8 4.5
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 3 3
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Palanga's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kauno Žalgiris have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kauno Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Palanga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Palanga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Palanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Palanga
All A Lyga Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies 1. Lyga
All Home Away
03-08-19 AL Trakai 1 - 0 Palanga
11-08-19 AL Palanga 3 - 0 Stumbras
12-08-19 AL Panevėžys 3 - 1 Palanga
25-08-19 AL Palanga 0 - 2 Atlantas
28-08-19 LC Dziugas Telsiai 1 - 1 Palanga
31-08-19 AL Palanga 0 - 4 Žalgiris
14-09-19 AL Palanga 12:00 Kauno Žalgiris
25-09-19 AL Palanga 14:00 Trakai
19-10-19 AL Palanga 12:00 Sūduva
26-10-19 AL Atlantas 10:00 Palanga
Kauno Žalgiris
All A Lyga Europa League Lithuanian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-08-19 AL Žalgiris 3 - 0 Kauno Žalgiris
17-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 1 - 0 Trakai
24-08-19 AL Stumbras 0 - 3 Kauno Žalgiris
27-08-19 LC Banga 1 - 1 Kauno Žalgiris
31-08-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 1 - 0 Atlantas
14-09-19 AL Palanga 12:00 Kauno Žalgiris
21-09-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 12:00 Sūduva
24-09-19 AL Panevėžys 15:00 Kauno Žalgiris
05-10-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 10:00 Žalgiris
19-10-19 AL Trakai 10:00 Kauno Žalgiris

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Žalgiris 21 17 1 3 51 16 10 9 1 0 25 8 11 8 0 3 26 8 35 52
2 Sūduva 18 15 0 3 40 10 11 10 0 1 26 5 7 5 0 2 14 5 30 45
3 Kauno Žalgiris 22 11 3 8 38 30 11 8 1 2 28 15 11 3 2 6 10 15 8 36
4 Trakai 21 10 5 6 31 23 10 5 4 1 12 5 11 5 1 5 19 18 8 35
5 Panevėžys 22 8 5 9 34 30 11 5 2 4 20 16 11 3 3 5 14 14 4 29
6 Atlantas 22 5 4 13 20 42 10 3 2 5 10 19 12 2 2 8 10 23 -22 19
7 Stumbras 22 4 3 15 12 42 11 4 0 7 6 19 11 0 3 8 6 23 -30 15
8 Palanga 22 4 1 17 22 55 11 3 1 7 11 23 11 1 0 10 11 32 -33 13

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