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The twelfth victory in the Lithuanian football A league championship XX round matches was achieved by Pakruojis "Kruoja" (37 points) and pushed last season's bronze medalist Marijampolė "Sūduva" (39 points) out of the third position.
On Sunday, the residents of Marijampolė won 2:1 (0:1) against the ninth-placed Tauragės "Tauras" (16 points) team.
The tenth victory was achieved by the fifth-placed "Šiauliai" (33 points) club, who forced the fourth-placed "Kruoja" (37 points) team to surrender at home with a score of 1:0.
The thirteenth victory was achieved by the Panevėžys "Ekranas" (46 points), defending the champion title, who halved the lead of the country's vice-champion VMFD "Žalgiris" (43 points).
On Sunday evening, the residents of Vilnius won 3:1 (2:0) at home against the Klaipėda "Atlantas" (7 points) team in the outsider position.
Statistics:
Tauras (Tauragė) - Sūduva (Marijampolė) 1:2 (1:0) Referee: V.Vasiliauskas (Telšiai), 250 spectators Goals: 29 min. G.Demurtas ("Tauras"); 48 min. and 56 min. R.Ledesma ("Sūduva") Warnings: 47 min. M.Kižys ("Tauras"); R.Ledesma ("Sūduva") during halftime
Šiauliai (Šiauliai) - Kruoja (Pakruojis) 1:0 (0:0) Referee: N.Dunauskas (Vilnius), 900 spectators Goal: 83 min. A.Rimkevičius ("Šiauliai") Warnings: 21 min. E.Pilypas, 50 min. I.Kozlovs, 54 min. D.Lunskis, 84 min. A.Rimkevičius ("Šiauliai"); 27 min. K.Matsion, 89 min. A.Skroblas ("Kruoja")
Žalgiris (Vilnius) - Atlantas (Klaipėda) 3:1 (2:0) Referee: S.Slyva (Kaunas), 800 spectators Goals: 16 min. (from 11m.) M.Kuklys, 44 min. K.Bilinski, 54 min. P.Janušauskas ("Žalgiris"); 83 min. D.Gordej ("Atlantas") Warnings: 15 min. J.Taciano, 22 min. D.Arlauskis, 29 min. D.Gordej ("Atlantas")
Top scorers: 1. A.Rimkevičius (Šiauliai) - 15 goals 2. C.Elliot (Žalgiris) - 13 3. A.Buinickij (Dainava) - 11 4-5. S.Žygalov (Kruoja) - 9 4-5. R.Ledesma (Sūduva) - 9 6-7. P.Lukšys (Sūduva) - 8 6-7. A.Velička (Ekranas) - 8 8-11. R.Radavičius (Ekranas) - 7 8-11. M.Savėnas (Ekranas) - 7 8-11. I.Kozlovs (Šiauliai) - 7 8-11. M.Kuklys (Žalgiris) - 7
