Match Report
36 points separated the sides: Kauno Žalgiris 1st on 57, FA Šiauliai 9th on 21. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, FA Šiauliai ran at 0.87 scored and 1.9 conceded, Kauno Žalgiris at 2.07 and 0.7.
A win had eluded FA Šiauliai for 5 matches. FA Šiauliai had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Kauno Žalgiris, 12.
12 meetings are on record — 2 won by FA Šiauliai, 7 by Kauno Žalgiris, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
Šiaulių m. savivaldybes stadionas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. D. Švėgžda took charge of the match — our records show 36 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kauno Žalgiris: Motiejus Burba (53'), Franco Baldassarra (90')
Key stats
Possession: FA Šiauliai 40% · Kauno Žalgiris 60% · Total shots: 5-23 · On target: 0-10 · Corners: 2-13