Trakai v Kauno Žalgiris preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Competition: Tue 06.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vilniaus LFF stadionas (5400 seats)

9th- against 4th spot might not seem all that juicy. Fear not: We have the details that makes Trakai - Kauno Žalgiris (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • Trakai have the fewest scored goals (8) in A Lyga
  • Kauno Žalgiris have scored more than double the goals of Trakai.

Trakai's stadium, Vilniaus LFF stadionas, has a grass surface. Kauno Žalgiris have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kauno Žalgiris when playing on grass; 15 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses from 33 matches. They have scored {53 goals} in these games and conceded 35.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Trakai and Kauno Žalgiris.

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Trakai form and stats

With 1 A Lyga win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Trakai are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home team returns to Vilniaus LFF stadionas after drawing with Banga (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Hegelmann Litauen (0-4).

There will be little rest for Trakai after this match as they are travelling to Sūduva for a A Lyga game in only four days.

The lack of attacking qualities in Trakai means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Trakai have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

There's been little loot from Kauno Žalgiris's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the A Lyga. Kauno Žalgiris only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Auzmendi was the last player to score for the away team. Kauno Žalgiris haven't scored a league goal in the last 240 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Žalgiris goalkeeper Ignas Plukas is eager to challenge this, with his 286 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Kauno Žalgiris are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dziugas Telsiai (placed 10th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Banga.

The visiting Kauno Žalgiris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Kauno Žalgiris in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kauno Žalgiris - Trakai 3-1 was the result in these sides' last H2H game, played this season. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Trakai won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Kauno Žalgiris have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

Kauno ŽalgirisX. Auzmendi Arruabarrena
X. Auzmendi Arruabarrena
4 goals
Kauno ŽalgirisE. Girdvainis
E. Girdvainis
4 goals
TrakaiE. Romanus Onah
E. Romanus Onah
3 goals

Trakai missing players

Kauno Žalgiris missing players

Trakai Kauno Žalgiris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 6
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 5
8 2 0 Scored S 6 10 21
27 12 4 Conceded C 2 10 14
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 75%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 56%
31% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 44%
31% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 12%
38% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 44%
25% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 44%
50% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 38%
 
4.3 3.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9.7 5.1 5
4.9 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.9 4.4
2.5 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.4 8.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11 11.8
3.1 3.1 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 4.1 4.3
16% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 30%
 
13.1 13.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 9.5 8.1
4.3 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 3.4
Key stats in A Lyga this season:
  • Kauno Žalgiris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kauno Žalgiris have scored more than double the goals of Trakai.
  • Trakai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Trakai have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A Lyga
  • Trakai have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in A Lyga
  • Trakai have the fewest scored goals (8) in A Lyga
  • Trakai have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in A Lyga
  • Trakai have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in A Lyga
  • Trakai have the the worst goal difference (-19) in A Lyga
  • Trakai is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panevezys 16 11 4 1 30 7 8 5 3 0 11 3 8 6 1 1 19 4 23 37
2 FA Siauliai 16 10 5 1 23 9 8 6 2 0 13 2 8 4 3 1 10 7 14 35
3 Zalgiris 16 10 3 3 25 11 8 6 1 1 15 7 8 4 2 2 10 4 14 33
4 Kauno Žalgiris 16 6 5 5 21 14 8 4 3 1 11 4 8 2 2 4 10 10 7 23
5 Hegelmann Litauen 16 7 0 9 33 20 8 5 0 3 23 10 8 2 0 6 10 10 13 21
6 Dainava 16 5 5 6 14 16 8 4 3 1 12 6 8 1 2 5 2 10 -2 20
7 Sūduva 16 5 1 10 12 30 8 4 0 4 9 11 8 1 1 6 3 19 -18 16
8 Banga 16 4 3 9 10 27 8 2 1 5 5 16 8 2 2 4 5 11 -17 15
9 Trakai 16 2 6 8 8 27 8 1 3 4 2 12 8 1 3 4 6 15 -19 12
10 Dziugas Telsiai 16 2 4 10 11 26 8 1 2 5 4 11 8 1 2 5 7 15 -15 10