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On Sunday, the 3rd round matches of the "A League" in Lithuania will be played. One of the most interesting meetings will take place in the capital city, where "Vilnius" will host the title defending team "Kaunas". Another intriguing match is awaiting in Marijampolė, where the LFF Cup holder "Sūduva" will face last season's 3rd place team "Vėtra". In other round matches, "Atlantas" will play at home against "Ekranas", "Žalgiris" will test "Šilutė" away, and "Šiauliai" will seek their first victory against "Inter". All matches will start at 16:00.
In the match between "Vilnius" and "Kaunas" in the capital city, the home team captain and one of the offensive leaders Aivaras Laurišas will not appear on the pitch. The absence of this forward has significantly affected the team's performance: the citizens are the only team in the championship that has not yet scored a goal.
In the city of the Sun, "Šiauliai" will meet Visaginas "Inter". Among the Šiauliai team should be Gintaras Juodeikis, who missed the match against "Kaunas" due to injury. However, we are unlikely to see Andrejus Oriolo on the pitch, who is still not fully recovered from injury.
About the upcoming match, Šiauliai strategist Darius Magdišauskas said: "Inter" is not a weak team, they fought against "Kaunas" and played a draw with "Šilutė". We do not expect easy matches in the "A League", we will have to fight with all our might against all teams. Sunday will be the first home match, we hope that the fans will be our 12th player. The club management decided to give them a gift and everyone will be admitted for free to the first match, while the players are determined to give the people of Šiauliai a victory.
In Klaipėda, "Atlantas" will host "Ekranas". The Panevėžys team will have to play without the injured Taavi Rähno and Mantas Savėnas, who suffered injuries in the match against "Vilnius".
In Marijampolė, "Sūduva" will face "Vėtra". There will still be no legionnaires from Macedonia Dejan Miloševski and Bobi Božinovski in the Vilnius team. Meanwhile, the Marijampolė club will likely have to play without captain Gvidas Grigas, who suffered an injury in the last round match against Vilnius "Žalgiris".
"Šilutė" will host "Žalgiris" at home. Interestingly, with Arminas Narbekovas taking over the reins for the Vilnius team, they have not lost a single match in the "A League" and celebrated 6 victories in 9 matches.
3rd round matches: "Šilutė" - Vilnius "Žalgiris" Marijampolės "Sūduva" - Vilnius "Vėtra" Klaipėdos "Atlantas" - Panevėžio "Ekranas" "Vilnius" - "Kaunas" "Šiauliai" - Visagino "Interas"
