Sūduva should be favourites to win this home game against Banga, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Sūduva have the fewest conceded goals (6) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Banga have scored away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Banga's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Banga have performed like this: Played 35 matches resulting in 16 wins, 6 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 42-37 (scored/conceded).
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in A Lyga, have been very solid at home in the A Lyga so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Sūduva haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Panevezys, 69 days ago. After failing to beat Panevezys here at Hikvision arena, Sūduva has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
The Sūduva goalkeeper Seraphim Yiannikoglou is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 376 minutes without conceding a goal in the A Lyga.
A good away victory last time out for Sūduva, who won 2-0 against Nevėžis (placed 10th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Trakai.
Sūduva are traveling soon after this match as the A Lyga match at Kauno Zalgiris awaits in four days.
The Sūduva fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Sūduva are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hikvision arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Banga form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Banga playing as the away team in the A Lyga this season.
Banga played 2-2 against Panevezys in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dziugas Telsiai.
A quick return to home after this game, as Banga are hosting Zalgiris in the A Lyga only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Banga as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Banga have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Banga - Sūduva 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sūduva won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Banga has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixSūduva missing players
Banga missing players
| Sūduva | Banga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 82% |
| 42% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 8% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 42% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.2 | 9.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 29% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 31% |
- Banga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sūduva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sūduva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Banga have scored away.
- Sūduva have the fewest conceded goals (6) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the most clean sheets (6) in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the most points (18) at home in A Lyga
- Sūduva have the the best goal difference (+13) in A Lyga
- Sūduva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sūduva is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kauno Zalgiris | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Zalgiris | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Trakai | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Dziugas Telsiai | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 7 | Hegelmann Litauen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Banga | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 9 | Dainava | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Nevėžis | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -25 | 3 |