Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Žalgiris & Kauno Žalgiris face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lithuanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Žalgiris's stadium, Vilniaus LFF stadionas, has a grass surface. Kauno Žalgiris have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kauno Žalgiris when playing on grass; 15 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses from 37 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 55.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Lithuanian Cup.Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. After failing to beat Banga here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas, Žalgiris has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The Žalgiris supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Paide in Europa League and win 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Trakai that finished 2-2.
A decent goal production from Žalgiris in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Žalgiris have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kauno Žalgiris form and stats
They also participated in Lithuanian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Kauno Žalgiris's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kauno Žalgiris collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the A Lyga. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Žalgiris love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kauno Žalgiris goalkeeper Deividas Mikelionis is eager to challenge this, with his 285 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Žalgiris, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-6 versus Bodø / Glimt. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Panevezys.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bodø / Glimt was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Žalgiris are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Kauno Žalgiris as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Žalgiris won nine, Kauno Žalgiris won one and zero draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vidémont 9 goals |   L. Pilibaitis 8 goals |  L. Antal 4 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Kauno Žalgiris missing players
| Žalgiris | Kauno Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 319 | 174 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 210 | ||
| 138 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 89 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Banga | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 5 | Panevezys | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 9 |
| 6 | Trakai | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -18 | 8 |