Game week two of the A Lyga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Sūduva - Kauno Žalgiris preview:
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.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Kauno Žalgiris's home stadium. The visitors last 38 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 7 draws and 19 losses.
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva have played 1 A Lyga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Sūduva's previous game was a A Lyga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Banga (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Sūduva has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Last season, Sūduva's league statistics were 25 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the A Lyga. Over these 28 matches they scored 74 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Sūduva managed 13-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 6 conceded.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
As the visiting team in A Lyga matches, Kauno Žalgiris have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Kauno Žalgiris have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 274 minutes since they last conceded in A Lyga.
It's the second away game in a row for Kauno Žalgiris, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Trakai (placed 5th) in the A Lyga last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Panevezys.
It's early days yet, but Kauno Žalgiris has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Kauno Žalgiris performed last season in the A Lyga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Sūduva, one draw and one win for Kauno Žalgiris. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tadic 1 goals |
Sūduva missing players
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
| Sūduva | Kauno Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| Sūduva | Last season | Kauno Žalgiris | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 92 | 50 | Scored | S | 20 | 54 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 75% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 58% | ||
| 41% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 30% | ||
| 25% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 47% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 42% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 36% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 24% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 335 | 197 | Total Shots | T S | 152 | 324 | ||
| 160 | 97 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 149 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kauno Žalgiris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sūduva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Banga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Trakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 6 | Panevezys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |