National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Žalgiris or Džiugas Telšiai that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Žalgiris and Džiugas Telšiai.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Žalgiris's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Banga. The home side are looking to build on that result. A late climax in the match against Banga as the winning goal came eight minutes into overtime; scored by Ljubisavljević.
A strong away win before that one, visiting FA Siauliai and winning 1-0.A decent goal production from Žalgiris in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Defensively Žalgiris have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Džiugas Telšiai form and stats
Džiugas Telšiai was sent out of Lithuanian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.As the visiting team in A Lyga matches, Džiugas Telšiai have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
The manager Šluta was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Telšių centrinis stadionas. Džiugas Telšiai suffered a 1-2 loss to Kauno Zalgiris.
Prior to that match, the Džiugas manager Šluta faced defeat when travelling to Trakai and losing 0-3.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Džiugas Telšiai have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Džiugas Telšiai's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Žalgiris victories, one draw and one Džiugas Telšiai win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Kyeremeh 4 goals | M. Kuklys 4 goals | M. Milićković 3 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Džiugas Telšiai missing players
| Žalgiris | Džiugas Telšiai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 64 | 37 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 47 | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18.3 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 8.3 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Hegelmann Litauen | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Trakai | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Suduva | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Banga | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Džiugas Telšiai | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Jonava | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | -40 | 0 |
