Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between Panevėžys (5th, 37 pts) and Stumbras (8th, 15 pts). The last five rounds placed Panevėžys no better than 12th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Panevėžys were scoring 1.6 and conceding 2, Stumbras 0.43 and 2.14, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Panevėžys entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Panevėžys had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Stumbras, 4.
Aukštaitijos stadionas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.