Palanga supporters should be happy with one point when Žalgiris comes to town

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Palanga form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the A Lyga this season. Palanga, who have the fewest points (10) at home in A Lyga, have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Centrinis miesto stadionas.

Palanga drew their last game, 1-1 away at Džiugas Telšiai. Preceding that match was the home A Lyga game against Atlantas that was lost 0-2.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Palanga had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Palanga lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.

Palanga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Palanga defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Žalgiris form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (47) in A Lyga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the A Lyga. The fact that Žalgiris have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Žalgiris have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Žalgiris play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Nevėžis. Preceding that game was the away A Lyga victory against Stumbras with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned earlier, Žalgiris will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 4 wins (3 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 1 surprising defeat.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Žalgiris are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Žalgiris as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Žalgiris - Palanga 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Palanga-Žalgiris H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Palanga 0 wins, Žalgiris 7 wins, 0 draws. 6 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

T. Kiš 13 goals

L. Antal 11 goals

Palanga missing players

Žalgiris missing players