“Džiugas” of Telšiai – “TransINVEST” of Vilnius district. On August 23, at 7 p.m. Telšiai, Telšiai City Central Stadium. Previous matches: 1:0, 2:0, 0:3.
The teams will play two matches against each other in a few days.
“Dziugas” continues to show an eye-catching game and regularly creates many chances, but the scrappy defense makes you look more and more at the chasing opponents. The team coached by Andrias Lipskis is currently fifth in the standings with 32 points, although their last victory was on June 30. Despite the poor summer in terms of results, “Džiugas” is still one of the best scoring teams at home – 20 points have been collected in 14 matches.
“TransINVEST” footballers could breathe a sigh of relief: on Friday they will face Telšiški away, and on Tuesday they will have to play the same opponent at home in the “FPRO LFF Cup” competition. After a good stretch before debuting on the international front, things went from bad to worse in TOPsport A League – just one point was won in four matches. In addition, they failed to score three times and captain Linas Pilibaitis did not finish the last meeting with Vilnius “Žalgiris” due to an injury. The debutants are in ninth place with 23 points and are playing quite unsuccessfully away from home.
Gargždų “Banga” – FA “Šiauliai”. On August 24, at 4 p.m. Gargždai, Gargždai City Stadium. Previous matches: 0:0, 0:1, 0:0.
The weekend is another chance for “Banga” to beat the Šiauliai team for the first time.
“Banga” rose to the 4th place after a couple of wins in a row and ranks there, despite the fact that they were defeated by the “Hegelmann” football players of the Kaunas district. David Afonso’s men have 34 points, but will start the 4th round against opponents feverishly pursuing their ambitions. “Banga” will not have one player in its ranks in the upcoming match – the midfielder Justinas Januševskis is disqualified. Gargždiškii cannot beat the representatives of the city of Saulė even in 11 consecutive confrontations.
Šiauliai didn’t have much rest – on Wednesday they had to play the “FPRO LFF Cup” quarter-final match against “Kaunos Žalgiris”, which did not end successfully. FA “Šiauliai” will not appear in the second consecutive final, they lost 1:3 and all attention will be focused on fighting in the Lithuanian championship. Here, the situation is not the most favorable for last season’s prize winners: the players coached by Mindaugas Čeps even drew 12 times and are in sixth place with 30 points. The statistics of away matches are not inspiring either – they have not won a single game this summer.
“Hegelmann” of Kaunas district – “Kaunas Žalgiris”. On August 24, at 6 p.m. Academy, President Valdas Adamkaus VMU sports center. Previous matches: 2:1, 0:1, 1:4.
The table neighbors will face each other in the Academy on Saturday.
The “Hegelmann” team continues its impressive campaign and does not let “Žalgiris” go ahead, from which it is only 2 points behind. After defeating Žalgiris, the blue and whites would become leaders again, however, on Saturday they will have to compete without the suspended midfielder Viliaus Armalos, who is showing good form. The last defeat of the Kaunas district club was against the green and whites, currently the teams are separated by 9 points in the standings, so the victory of the “Hegelmann” football players would significantly suppress the chances of their opponents to fight for the silver. Newcomer Lazaras Kojičius also made his debut in this match.
Kaunas will be more intense this week, but after the draw in Marijampolė, the victory in the “FPRO LFF Cup” should have lifted the spirits. “Kauno Žalgiris” reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row, achieving victory over FA “Šiauliai”, which painfully eliminated them last year. The army of Saulius Širmelis feels very confident in the 3rd position, but still has opportunities to jump a step higher, but a victory is necessary for that – then 6 points would separate the teams. Vilius Armanavičius will have to miss the upcoming duel due to disqualification.
Alytus DFK “Dainava” – “Panevėžys”. On August 25, at 4 p.m. Alytus, Alytus city stadium. Previous matches: 0:0, 0:0, 0:2.
The Lithuanian champion “Panevėžys” will return to the battles on the local front as the last.
Alytis gave their fans positivity by playing a good second half in the city of Saules, but the unrealized results prevented them from enjoying the victory. In the last five matches, “Dainava” won one victory and it was the only match when the Alytis players enjoyed the victory and sent the ball into the opponent’s goal. In the Lithuanian championship, in 11 confrontations between each other, the Dainavians have not won a single time, but on Sunday they will have a very grateful opportunity to do so. The Alytus club ranks seventh with 29 points and is 5 points behind the 4th place.
“Panevėžys” suffered a very painful defeat in Vilnius on Thursday, losing 0:3 to Oswestry’s “The New Saints” footballers. The position in the TOPsport A league also remains precarious, fortunately for the people of Panevėžys, competitors in the race for the 4th position also rarely win. According to the points lost, the champions are not the last, but the series of recent duels is not inspiring – on the domestic front, only 2 points have been collected in the last five matches. Lucas de Vega did not play on Thursday, and Jeffrey Sarpong will miss the match in Alytus due to suspension.
“Sūduva” from Marijampolė – “Žalgiris” from Vilnius. On August 25, at 6:25 p.m. Marijampole, Marijampole football arena stadium. Previous matches: 3:3, 1:1, 0:4.
Interesting matches from Marijampole will be broadcast on the LRT Plus channel.
“Sūduva’s” streak of unbeaten matches extended to eleven, however, the draw at home with “Kaunas Žalgiris” should have given optimism. The team from Marijampolė has 24 points and ranks eighth, but has played 2-3 more matches than some rivals. One player will certainly not be able to help the home team – Tautvydas Burdzilauskas is disqualified due to four yellow cards. This season, “Sūduva” has already taken points away from “Žalgiris” twice, and in the last matches between them they played really successfully at home.
“Žalgiris” played its first match without Paulius Golubicka – after a difficult battle, “Džiugas” was defeated. That time, forward Romualdas Jansonas, recovering from illness, started the duel in the starting line-up, whose game curve should go up. Žalgiris will know their situation more precisely after the 28th round “Hegelmann” match, however, one emphasis mr. coach Vladimir Cheburin should be worried. “Zalgiris” won a point and scored only one goal in the last three outings.
2024-08-24 03:57:16