"Ekranas" crushed the league's underdogs from Tauragė © EuroFootball.com

In the Lithuanian A League championship, defending champions Panevėžys "Ekranas" team secured their eleventh victory.

"Ekranas" crushed the underdog Tauragė "Tauras" team 3-0 away, which suffered their fourteenth loss of the season.

The victory for Panevėžys was led by Arsenijus Buinickis, who scored a hat trick. He defeated Edvinas Gertmontas in the 20th and 78th minutes, and in the third minute of added time, he scored a penalty from eleven meters.

On Wednesday at 8 PM, the teams of "Šiauliai" and Pakruojis "Kruoja" will play.

Results:

"Tauras" 0 - 3 "Ekranas"
20' [0 - 1] A.Buinickij
78' [0 - 2] A.Buinickij
90' [0 - 3] A.Buinickij (penalty)

"Šiauliai" 3 - 4 "Kruoja"
5' [1 - 0] D.Medžiaušis
20' [2 - 0] T.Birškys
42' [2 - 1] A.Lipskis
49' [3 - 1] A.Vaskela
51' [3 - 2] R.Beniušis
54' [3 - 3] A.Bagočius
62' [3 - 4] R.Beniušis

Tournament table: