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"InStat Football" analysis of the match between VMFD "Žalgiris" and Marijampolė's "Sūduva" showed that neither team had a significant advantage.
The Vilnius City Football Club "Žalgiris" played a 0:0 draw with "Sūduva" team on Wednesday in the thirteenth round of the "General Financing A League" matches in Marijampolė. The analysis of the match conducted by "InStat Football" confirmed that it was a tightly contested game. "Žalgiris" had more ball possession, better passing accuracy, and actions on the field compared to their opponents, while "Sūduva" surpassed Žalgiris in more active attacking play and better micro-battles.
Team statistics. Playing at home, "Sūduva" had 18 shots (6 on target) towards Žalgiris' goal, while the visitors responded with 12 shots (3 on target). From the penalty area, the Marijampolė team had 10 attempts, while "Žalgiris" had only 1. "Sūduva" committed 15 fouls (resulting in 1 yellow card), while the Vilnius team had 23 fouls (resulting in 2 yellow cards). Only one offside was called during the entire match, in favor of the home team. Marijampolė's team had 7 corner kicks, while Žalgiris had 2. Žalgiris had more frequent and accurate passes: 632 (80% accuracy) compared to Sūduva's 456 (69% accuracy). "Žalgiris" also had more actions on the field: 1058 (76% successful) compared to 895 (69%). The visitors took control of the ball firmly, with 56.4% possession compared to 43.6% for Žalgiris. There were 206 micro-battles on the field, in which "Sūduva" players were slightly more successful, winning 51%. The team from Suvalkai also launched more attacks: 105 (64 positional, 27 counter-attacks, 14 from set-pieces) compared to Žalgiris' 99 (65 positional, 27 counter-attacks, 7 from set-pieces). "Sūduva" mainly attacked down the right side of the field (36 attacks), while "Žalgiris" attacked centrally (38 attacks).
Individual statistics. The most active players in the attack were Žalgiris' defenders Mantas Kuklys (69 attacks) and Andrejus Nagumanovas (66 attacks). The most successful defenders in the micro-battles were Luka Peričius (13/11, 85%) and Egidijus Vaitkūnas (20/14, 70%). The most accurate passers among teammates were Pavelas Komolovas (38/34, 89%), Luka Peričius (69/61, 88%), and Andrius Skerla (55/48, 87%). The players who mostly exchanged passes among themselves were Mantas Kuklys and Andrejus Nagumanovas (17 passes), Andrius Skerla and Luka Peričius (16 passes), Egidijus Vaitkūnas and Vaidotas Šilėnas (14 passes). The players who had the most shots on the opponent's goal were Tomislavas Pekas (5/1), Vaidotas Šilėnas (2/1), and Mantas Kuklys (2/1). The players who stopped opponents with fouls most frequently were Calumas Elliotas (4) and Egidijus Vaitkūnas (3). "Sūduva" players most often committed fouls against Tomislavas Pekas (3 provoked fouls).
Most valuable players. According to the "InStat Football" performance index, the best player among Žalgiris was Andrejus Nagumanovas (304 performance points). In second place was the excellent goalkeeper Armantas Vitkauskas (280 performance points). The trio of the best players was completed by Luka Peričius (262 performance points).
