National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Žalgiris or Hegelmann Litauen that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris participated in Lithuanian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Lithuanian Cup for Žalgiris.
The spoils were shared in Žalgiris's previous game, also at home. Visiting Trakai travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
0-0 away at Suduva (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) before that.There will be little rest for Žalgiris after this match as they are travelling to Banga for a A Lyga game in only four days.
Žalgiris can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Žalgiris have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hegelmann Litauen form and stats
They also participated in Lithuanian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.7-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hegelmann Litauen in their A Lyga matches away. When we have look at the Lithuanian Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Hegelmann's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Dziugas Telsiai that finished 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Panevezys.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The A Lyga trip to Dainava.
The travelling fans enjoy Hegelmann's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Hegelmann have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last three meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Žalgiris, one draw and one win for Hegelmann Litauen. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Petkevičius 13 goals |   H. Vidémont 8 goals |  F. Kyeremeh 8 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Hegelmann Litauen missing players
| Žalgiris | Hegelmann Litauen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Scored | S | 33 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 16% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.9 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Suduva | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 61 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 53 |
| 3 | Kauno Zalgiris | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 51 |
| 4 | Panevezys | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Trakai | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Dainava | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 9 | Banga | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -32 | 25 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 29 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 39 | -54 | 9 |