Palanga stubborn opponents but Žalgiris expect victory

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Competition: Lithuania A Lyga
Date: Sun 23.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vilniaus Sportimos maniežas

The league table in A Lyga tells a story about these teams so far, with Žalgiris leading Palanga by 24 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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Žalgiris form and stats

6-1-0 is the performance here at Vilniaus Sportimos maniežas so far, giving Žalgiris a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. After failing to beat Trakai here at Vilniaus Sportimos maniežas, Žalgiris has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

The Žalgiris supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Palanga in A Lyga and win 3-2. Before that match, a win away at Kauno Žalgiris.

Žalgiris are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Vilniaus Sportimos maniežas with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 29 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Žalgiris has won 24 times, drawn 3 and lost 2. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Žalgiris has won by at least two goals 16 times when in this position.

Goals decide football matches and Žalgiris are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 matches. Žalgiris have only conceded 5 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Palanga form and stats

There's been little loot from Palanga's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 6 away games. Palanga, who have the fewest points (0) away in A Lyga, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. Palanga are still without points from their away games. 6 games, 6 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Palanga, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Žalgiris. Preceding that game was the away Lithuanian Cup victory against Babrungas with the score of 4-0.

Nobody expects Palanga to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 42 times before, with the overall statistics of won 17, draw 8 and lost 17. When defeated, 15 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The attacking power of Palanga when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored in 6 matches. Palanga can't defend away. 21 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Žalgiris - Palanga 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Žalgiris won 7 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Palanga has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 1

Top Goalscorers

T. Kiš
11 goals
L. Antal
8 goals

Žalgiris missing players

Palanga missing players

Žalgiris Palanga
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played 1 7 14
11 7 2 Won 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew 0 0 1
3 0 0 Lost 1 7 11
34 20 5 Scored 0 7 14
14 7 1 Conceded 3 24 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 88% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 100% 100% 86%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 0% 57% 43%
27% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 43% 29%
53% 75% 50% BTTS 0% 86% 79%
27% 25% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 14% 21%
 
5.9 5.8 7 Corners For (avg) 2 2.8 3.1
2.4 1.6 1.5 Corners Against (avg) 10 6.3 6.8
2 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 1.7 2.2
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Palanga's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Palanga have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Palanga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Palanga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Palanga have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Palanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Palanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žalgiris have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Žalgiris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žalgiris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Žalgiris have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Žalgiris have scored more than double the goals of Palanga.
  • Žalgiris have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Žalgiris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Žalgiris
26-05-19 LC Atlantas 0 - 2 Žalgiris
31-05-19 AL Žalgiris 2 - 1 Stumbras
08-06-19 CF Žalgiris 2 - 3 Neman Grodno
14-06-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 3 - 4 Žalgiris
23-06-19 AL Žalgiris 3 - 2 Palanga
29-06-19 AL Panevėžys 13:00 Žalgiris
05-07-19 AL Žalgiris 16:00 Trakai
11-07-19 EL Honved 19:00 Žalgiris
18-07-19 EL Žalgiris 17:00 Honved
04-08-19 AL Atlantas 16:00 Žalgiris
Palanga
21-05-19 AL Atlantas 2 - 1 Palanga
26-05-19 LC Ateitis 0 - 1 Palanga
01-06-19 AL Palanga 0 - 2 Sūduva
18-06-19 LC Babrungas 0 - 4 Palanga
23-06-19 AL Žalgiris 3 - 2 Palanga
29-06-19 AL Kauno Žalgiris 15:00 Palanga
04-07-19 AL Palanga 15:00 Panevėžys
03-08-19 AL Trakai 14:00 Palanga
11-08-19 AL Palanga 12:00 Stumbras
18-08-19 AL Sūduva 16:00 Palanga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sūduva 13 11 0 2 27 6 6 6 0 0 13 1 7 5 0 2 14 5 21 33
2 Žalgiris 14 10 1 3 31 12 7 6 1 0 17 5 7 4 0 3 14 7 19 31
3 Trakai 14 7 4 3 21 14 7 3 3 1 7 4 7 4 1 2 14 10 7 25
4 Kauno Žalgiris 14 7 1 6 26 21 7 5 0 2 20 13 7 2 1 4 6 8 5 22
5 Stumbras 13 4 3 6 12 15 6 4 0 2 6 4 7 0 3 4 6 11 -3 15
6 Atlantas 14 3 2 9 11 30 7 3 1 3 8 13 7 0 1 6 3 17 -19 11
7 Panevėžys 13 2 4 7 14 20 7 2 2 3 10 11 6 0 2 4 4 9 -6 10
8 Palanga 13 2 1 10 12 36 7 2 1 4 7 15 6 0 0 6 5 21 -24 7