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On Monday and Tuesday, the 14th round matches of the Lithuanian "A League" will be played. On Monday, the first match will take place in Vilnius, where the local team "Vėtra" will host "Kaunas", while on Tuesday there will be 4 matches: "Vilnius" will host "Ekranas", "Nevėžis" - "Sūduva", in Šiauliai "Šiauliai" will meet "Šilutė", and in Klaipėda "Atlantas" will face Vilnius' "Žalgiris".
Start: 18:00
Before this match, the "Vėtra" club announced a promotion: everyone who buys tickets to these matches will receive invitations to the first round of the Intertoto Cup against the "Shelbourne" club from Ireland.
On Monday, "Vėtra" will face a truly threatening opponent - the undefeated "Kaunas". In the previous round, Kaunas defeated "Sūduva" for the 3rd time this season 3-0, while "Vėtra" was crushed in Panevėžys 1-4. The Vilnius team has not won in 4 rounds in a row. Klaipėda's "Atlantas" took advantage of Vėtra's performance to rise to the 3rd position in the championship.
The first meeting of these teams in Kaunas ended in a crushing 4-0 victory for the home team.
After losing to "Ekranas", the coach of the Vilnius team, Edgaras Gessas, stated that the team is still looking for their game. In addition, "Vėtra" cannot find the optimal lineup: 3 players were changed in the starting lineup in the match against "Ekranas", which also does not contribute to good team performance.
Meanwhile, "Kaunas" coach Eduardas Malofejevas can be satisfied with his players' performance - they demonstrate attacking, combination football, reflected in the 1st place in the tournament table with 37 points after 13 matches.
On Tuesday, the following matches will take place:
Start: 17:00
In the capital, the local team "Vilnius" will host "Ekranas". The first match between these teams in Panevėžys ended in a 1-1 draw.
Lately, "Ekranas" has been showing better and better form: in the last 2 rounds, they defeated "Sūduva" and "Vėtra" 4-1. However, to catch up with "Kaunas", Panevėžys will need more than just good performances. The two teams are currently separated by 12 points, so "Ekranas" will have to hope that Kaunas starts dropping points.
In the tournament table, "Vilnius" is in 7th place (13 points), while "Ekranas" is 2nd (25 points).
Start: 18:00
In Kaunas, "Nevėžis" will host "Sūduva". This is a great opportunity for the Marijampolė club to break their streak of bad luck: in the last 8 rounds, "Sūduva" has only earned 3 points, with this bad streak starting after a victory against "Nevėžis" in the 6th round 3-0.
This time, defeating the Kėdainiai team may be much harder, as shown by Klaipėda's "Atlantas" who defeated "Nevėžis" 3-2 after a tough battle in the last round.
However, the favorites of the match are the players of "Sūduva", currently in 8th place in the tournament table (13 points), while "Nevėžis" is last (4 points).
Start: 18:00
In Šiauliai, "Šiauliai" will meet "Šilutė", inspired by their first victory in the previous round. The first meeting of these teams ended in a 1-1 draw, so an intriguing match awaits on Tuesday, especially since "Šilutė" achieved their first victory in the championship in the last match against "Žalgiris".
"Šiauliai" drew 1-1 with "Vilnius" in the last round.
Currently, in the tournament table, "Šiauliai" is in 5th place (17 points), while "Šilutė" finally climbed from last place and now sits in the 9th place with 6 points.
Start: 18:00
One of the most interesting matches on Tuesday will take place in the port city, where the local team "Atlantas" will host the capital's "Žalgiris". The first match between these clubs in Vilnius ended in a 1-0 victory for the Klaipėda club.
Currently, "Atlantas" is showing better and better gameplay and after last round's victory against "Nevėžis", they rose to 3rd place in the tournament table. This victory was already their 4th in a row, as the team has not been defeated in 8 rounds. Meanwhile, "Žalgiris" lost their last match to "Šilutė" 0-1, ending a 6-match undefeated streak.
The Vilnius club, in order to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of their fans, will only aim for victory, but with the performance they showed against "Šilutė", hoping for success against "Žalgiris" is very difficult. In addition, "Žalgiris" is still without their goalkeeper Raimondas Vilėniškis and forward Vidas Kaušpadas.
In the tournament table, "Atlantas" is 3rd (21 points), while "Žalgiris" is 6th (16 points).
