One-sided contest expected as Žalgiris welcomes Atlantas

Žalgiris have less rest than Atlantas in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A Lyga game only four days ago.

Žalgiris form and stats

Home games in the A Lyga have been a walk in the park for Žalgiris so far, with 31 points won from 11 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. The Žalgiris fans aren't used to losing here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas and will expect new points from this game. Žalgiris has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Žalgiris haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sūduva, 125 days ago.

The home team returns to Vilniaus LFF stadionas after sharing the points with Trakai (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the A Lyga game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Žalgiris lost 2-4 at Sūduva's place.

Everyone expects Žalgiris to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 19 games: 15 home wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Žalgiris have won with at least two goals margin 11 times in similar situations.

Žalgiris are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 11 games). Žalgiris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

Atlantas form and stats

Atlantas have only collected 8 points from their away games in the A Lyga, after 2-2-8 (12 played).

Atlantas failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sūduva (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-4. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kauno Zalgiris wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Nobody expects Atlantas to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 25 times before, with the overall statistics of won 6, draw 5 and lost 14. When defeated, 11 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The attacking power of Atlantas when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlantas have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Atlantas - Žalgiris 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 Žalgiris victories, 1 draw and 0 Atlantas wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Kiš 19 goals / 1 assists

L. Antal 11 goals / 1 assists

Pau Morer 7 goals

Žalgiris missing players

Atlantas missing players