Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sūduva & Žalgiris face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lithuanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sūduva and Žalgiris.
Sūduva form and stats
Sūduva participated in Lithuanian Cup the last season, where they reached the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Sūduva have scored 21 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the A Lyga are 9-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Sūduva bring valid hopes of a third.
Sūduva enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Trakai's place. The match ended 3-1 with S. Nyuiadzi, A. Živanović and G. Matulevičius scoring.
Previous to that game, a A Lyga home match hosting Kauno Žalgiris in a game that was won 2-0.Sūduva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 21 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Sūduva have conceded only 6 goals.
Žalgiris form and stats
They also participated in Lithuanian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Žalgiris have an excellent away record in the A Lyga so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
The Žalgiris goalkeeper Tomislav Duka is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 450 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Home advantage was not enough for Žalgiris in their previous game, as they lost their Europa League-match, hosting Mura, 0-1.
Before that, Žalgiris secured a home win against Banga with the score 3-0.Žalgiris has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Žalgiris are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Sūduva-Žalgiris H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sūduva six wins, Žalgiris three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Kyeremeh 8 goals |  S. Nyuiadzi 6 goals |
Sūduva missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Sūduva | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 27 | 44 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Panevezys | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 | Trakai | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Dainava | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Banga | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 21 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -41 | 9 |