National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kauno Žalgiris or Žalgiris that keep their silverware dream alive.
This ground uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Žalgiris's home ground. The latest 13 games by the visitors on artifical turf have generated 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
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.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
Last season, Kauno Žalgiris's Lithuanian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Kauno Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
A nice win for Žalgiris last time playing, versus Dainava. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Arruabarrena scoring for the victors.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Žalgiris (1-2).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A Lyga game versus Banga in only four days. This game is also played here at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas.
A decent goal production from Kauno Žalgiris in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Kauno Žalgiris have conceded only 4 goals.
Žalgiris form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Žalgiris, as they won the Lithuanian Cup.The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A Lyga.
Žalgiris lost away at Suduva (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, Žalgiris secured a home win against Kauno Žalgiris with the score 2-1.After this away game Žalgiris return home for a A Lyga game against Panevezys. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Žalgiris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Kauno Žalgiris won two, Žalgiris were winners in four and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyewusi Kehinde 5 goals |  X. Auzmendi Arruabarrena 4 goals | E. Girdvainis 4 goals |
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Kauno Žalgiris | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 47 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 16.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | FA Siauliai | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Žalgiris | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Kauno Žalgiris | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Dainava | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Banga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -17 | 13 |
| 8 | Suduva | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
| 9 | Trakai | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 11 |
| 10 | Dziugas Telsiai | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 9 |
