National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Žalgiris or Trakai that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the A Lyga. That game was an away game at Hegelmann Litauen, so at least Žalgiris are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Žalgiris form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 11 A Lyga games here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas for Žalgiris. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
A good away victory last time out for Žalgiris, who won 4-1 against Hegelmann Litauen.
A 3-3 scoreline against Ludogorets (after extra-time) before that one, played at home in the Europa League.
Žalgiris are traveling soon after this match as the A Lyga match at Dziugas Telsiai awaits in three days.
The Žalgiris fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Žalgiris have conceded only 7 goals.
Trakai form and stats
Trakai's mission in Lithuanian Cup last season failed in the 1st round.The visitors are W6-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the A Lyga.
Trakai play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Banga.
A 1-2 defeat away at Sūduva before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jonava in just three days.
The visiting Trakai have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Trakai have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Žalgiris have put together a streak of 10 consecutive games without losing (6-4-0) when facing Trakai.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Oliveira 10 goals |  R. Filipavicius 8 goals | F. Kyeremeh 6 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Trakai missing players
| Žalgiris | Trakai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Hegelmann Litauen | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Sūduva | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Trakai | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Kauno Žalgiris | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Banga | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 21 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 15 |
| 10 | Jonava | 25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 42 | -70 | 2 |
