With the anxious opening game finished it’s time for the second A Lyga clash of the season. Panevėžys eagerly anticipate Kauno Žalgiris in front of their home fans.
This pitch has grass, unlike Kauno Žalgiris's home arena. The previous 37 games by the visitors on grass have produced 14 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated game!
Panevėžys form and stats
Last season, Panevėžys's league results were 16 wins, 12 draws and 8 losses, producing 4th spot in the A Lyga. Over these 36 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 40. Performing as the home team in the former season Panevėžys managed 8-8-2 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 19 conceded.
Panevėžys shared the glory with Trakai in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that, Panevėžys drew at home versus Hegelmann Litauen.Panevėžys are traveling soon after this match as the A Lyga match at Hegelmann Litauen awaits in four days.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kauno Žalgiris performed last season in the A Lyga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 30/23 goals scored/conceded. Kauno Žalgiris have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the A Lyga were 9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 18 fixtures.
There might be some fixture complaints from Žalgiris as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Hegelmann Litauen.
A loss against Banga was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kauno Žalgiris playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Kauno Žalgiris win, two draws and three defeats.
A new game in only four days for Kauno Žalgiris, the A Lyga home match versus Dziugas Telsiai. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Kauno Žalgiris has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Panevėžys, two draws and five wins for Kauno Žalgiris. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  G. Sirgedas 1 goals |
Panevėžys missing players
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
| Panevėžys | Kauno Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Panevėžys | Last season | Kauno Žalgiris | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 69% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 47% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 31% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 22% | ||
| 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zalgiris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Hegelmann Litauen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FA Siauliai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Panevėžys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Suduva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Trakai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Banga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dziugas Telsiai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kauno Žalgiris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Jonava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zalgiris | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 48 | 79 |
| 2 | Suduva | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 31 | 70 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 63 |
| 4 | Panevėžys | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Trakai | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 46 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -13 | 36 |
| 8 | Banga | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 71 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 36 | -31 | 36 |
| 9 | Dainava | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 36 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 91 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 40 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 51 | -76 | 10 |
