Struggling Panevėžys will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sūduva in the upcoming league round. It’s 5th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Panevėžys form and stats
Panevėžys's results here at Aukštaitijos stadionas in the A Lyga have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Panevėžys will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the A Lyga game against Žalgiris (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the home game against Kauno Žalgiris that was lost 0-1.
The Panevėžys fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Panevėžys defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sūduva, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in A Lyga, collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the A Lyga. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Sūduva are travelling after their nice 7-1 home win in the A Lyga against Trakai (placed 6th). Prior to that match, the Sūduva manager S. Širmelis faced defeat when travelling to KuPS and losing 0-2.
As you can tell from the results above, Sūduva was very dominant against Trakai, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-1 (!) with V. Šabala, N. Gorobsov, J. Tadic (4) and E. Jankauskas providing the goals. J. Tadic certainly enjoyed Sūduva's last game versus Trakai, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 7-1 victory.
The travelling fans enjoy Sūduva's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sūduva have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sūduva - Panevėžys 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Panevėžys, zero draws and nine wins for Sūduva. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tadic 9 goals |  M. Topcagić 5 goals |   E. Veliulis 3 goals |
Panevėžys missing players
Sūduva missing players
| Panevėžys | Sūduva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 35 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 62% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 44% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 25% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 56% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 180 | 91 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 97 | 193 |
| 69 | 36 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 41 | 92 |
| 23% | 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 30% |
- Panevėžys has the fewest clean sheets (0) in A Lyga
- Panevėžys has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in A Lyga
- Panevėžys has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in A Lyga
- Panevėžys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Panevėžys have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Panevėžys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Panevėžys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Panevėžys is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sūduva has the fewest conceded goals (12) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A Lyga
- Sūduva has the most clean sheets (9) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sūduva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Banga | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 5 | Panevėžys | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 9 |
| 6 | Trakai | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -24 | 8 |