Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Panevėžys & Sūduva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lithuanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Panevėžys form and stats
Last season their Lithuanian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the A Lyga this season. Panevėžys have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Aukštaitijos stadionas. This match is a Lithuanian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Panevėžys's last game was hosting Trakai and winning 4-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sūduva that ended 1-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Panevėžys played a great game against Trakai and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There will be little rest for Panevėžys after this match as they are travelling to Trakai for a A Lyga game in only four days.
Panevėžys are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Panevėžys have conceded 14 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sūduva form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sūduva, as they won the Lithuanian Cup.Sūduva's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sūduva collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the A Lyga. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). When we have look at the Lithuanian Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Sūduva's last game was the home draw against Kauno Zalgiris (1-1). Preceding that game was the away Lithuanian Cup victory against Zalgiris (after extra-time) with the score of 2-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Sūduva's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sūduva have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Panevėžys, one draw and nine wins for Sūduva. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tadic 10 goals |  M. Topcagić 5 goals |  V. Šabala 4 goals |
Panevėžys missing players
Sūduva missing players
| Panevėžys | Sūduva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 265 | 113 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 295 | ||
| 108 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 78 | 133 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sūduva | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Zalgiris | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 25 | 42 |
| 3 | Kauno Zalgiris | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Banga | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 15 |
| 5 | Trakai | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -20 | 11 |
| 6 | Panevėžys | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 10 |