| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevėžis | 15 | L3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1/15 | 1-14 |
| Žalgiris | 15 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5/15 | 6-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevėžis | 10 | 36 | 10 | -76 | LLLLL | 10 | 0 |
| Žalgiris | 1 | 36 | 79 | 48 | DWDWW | 1 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-10-18
On paper the standings were lopsided — Žalgiris 1st with 79 points, Nevėžis 10th with 10, 69 apart. Per game in the league, Nevėžis were scoring 0.42 and conceding 2.53, Žalgiris 2.11 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Nevėžis.
The match was played at Kėdainių miesto stadionas in Kėdainiai (capacity 1,500). Žalgiris led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
