Perhaps a welcome break from league football as BFA & Ekranas face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lithuanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Ekranas played their last game only four days ago, a 1. Lyga match. That game was also an away game, at Nevezis. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
BFA form and stats
BFA was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Lithuanian Cup.The story so far in the 1. Lyga for BFA at their home stadium (Vilniaus Sportimos maniezas) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
BFA are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Be1 NFA.
Ahead of that match, BFA lost 0-2 at home to Silas.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how BFA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.
The BFA fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. BFA are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vilniaus Sportimos maniezas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Ekranas form and stats
Ekranas was sent out of Lithuanian Cup in the round of 32 last season.It's not happening yet for Ekranas on their 1. Lyga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Two away games in a row for Ekranas, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Nevezis.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Be1 NFA.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Ekranas in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Ekranas, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ekranas are hosting Neptuna Klaipeda in the 1. Lyga only four days away.
Ekranas are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. Ekranas struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two BFA victories, zero draws and one Ekranas win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. Osipovic likes to play against Ekranas and have scored 3 goals in these matches.
BFA missing players
Ekranas missing players
| BFA | Ekranas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 76% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Babrungas | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Nevezis | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Silas | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | TransINVEST Vilnius | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Be1 NFA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Trakai II | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | BFA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Kauno Zalgiris II | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Neptuna Klaipeda | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | FA Siauliai II | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Minija | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Garliava | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Panevezys II | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Ekranas | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Zalgiris II | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Jonava | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
