Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris preview for betting prediction

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kauno Žalgiris have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-6-21 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.

Žalgiris form and stats

Žalgiris, who have the most scored goals (41) in A Lyga, have been very solid at home so far, with 25 points collected from 9 matches (8-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the league table. 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's previous game was a A Lyga match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Kauno Žalgiris. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Atlantas with a 3-1 scoreline.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Žalgiris home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Žalgiris can score goals in their home matches. After 9 matches they have found the net 22 times. Žalgiris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

Kauno Žalgiris form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kauno Žalgiris so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Kauno Žalgiris's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Kauno Žalgiris play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Žalgiris. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Panevėžys.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kauno Žalgiris played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kauno Žalgiris as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games. 12 goals have been conceded by Kauno Žalgiris in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kauno Žalgiris - Žalgiris 3-4 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 8 - 2 - 0 (Žalgiris wins - draws - Kauno Žalgiris wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Kiš 11 goals

L. Antal 10 goals / 1 assists

Žalgiris missing players

Kauno Žalgiris missing players