Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Žalgiris & Panevėžys face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lithuanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Žalgiris form and stats
Žalgiris was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Lithuanian Cup.Žalgiris have performed here at Šiaulių m. savivaldybes stadionas this season with 8 wins from 13 A Lyga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Lithuanian Cup, Žalgiris has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Žalgiris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nevezis's place. The match ended 3-1 with J. Tadic, F. Kyeremeh and H. Vidémont scoring.
Previous to that game, a A Lyga home match hosting Nevezis in a game that was won 6-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Žalgiris as they have a new game in only four days, a A Lyga match thankfully also at home. Suduva are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Žalgiris are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 13 league matches. Žalgiris have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Panevėžys form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Panevėžys, as they won the Lithuanian Cup.7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Panevėžys playing as the away team in the A Lyga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Lithuanian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Panevėžys has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Panevėžys play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Banga.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Suduva in the A Lyga.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Panevėžys manager L. de Olim Andrade as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kauno Zalgiris.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Panevėžys have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. 17 goals have been conceded by Panevėžys in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Žalgiris victories, one draw and zero Panevėžys wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vidémont 12 goals |  F. Kyeremeh 9 goals |  T. Kiš 9 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Panevėžys missing players
| Žalgiris | Panevėžys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16.1 | 18.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 15.3 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 41 | 62 |
| 3 | Kauno Zalgiris | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 55 |
| 4 | Panevėžys | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Hegelmann Litauen | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Trakai | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Dziugas Telsiai | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Dainava | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 9 | Banga | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 35 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 28 |
| 10 | Nevezis | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 45 | -62 | 10 |