Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Žalgiris 6th with 41 points, FA Šiauliai 9th with 20, 21 apart. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, FA Šiauliai ran at 0.96 scored and 2 conceded, Žalgiris at 1.54 and 1.19.
FA Šiauliai had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Žalgiris, 10.
10 meetings are on record — 0 won by FA Šiauliai, 7 by Žalgiris, 3 drawn, at 2.9 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 70% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Šiaulių m. savivaldybes stadionas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Žalgiris: Stanislav Bilenkyi (47'), Nikola Petković (57'), Marko Capan (63')
Key stats
Possession: FA Šiauliai 48% · Žalgiris 52% · Total shots: 11-21 · On target: 6-8 · Corners: 8-4