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On Saturday, the 11th round matches will be played in the Lithuanian "A League". Football fans can look forward to several intriguing matches: in the capital city, "Vilnius" will face "Ekranas", while in Marijampolė, "Sūduva" will play against "Žalgiris". In other matches, "Šiauliai" will host "Kaunas", and "Vėtra" will play away against "Atlantas". In Vilnius, there will be a crucial match between the bottom teams, where "Interas" and "Šilutė" will meet.
The round matches will begin with this showdown. Although both "Interas" and "Šilutė" are at the bottom of the standings, the favorites of the match can be considered the coastal team, which currently holds only the 9th place but has already defeated "Atlantas" this season and played two draws. Meanwhile, "Interas" has been in a slump lately: in the last 3 matches, Ivano Švabovičiaus's team suffered 3 crushing defeats with a total score of 1-17.
In the city of the sun, "Šiauliai" and "Kaunas" will face each other for the second time this week. The match on Tuesday was won 4-0 by the team from Kaunas. Before the upcoming match, it was revealed that the Šiauliai team will be without experienced defender Egidijus Žukauskas, and due to an injury, David Arlauskis will not be able to play in the weekend matches. It is still unclear whether goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis, who missed the last match due to injury, will be able to play.
Before the upcoming match, the coach of the Šiauliai team, Rytis Tavoras, stated in an interview posted on the club's website: "Playing two matches in a row against a team like "Kaunas" will not be easy. This team has many experienced footballers who can play with a completely different tactics than they did in the previous matches, but we will try not to give in to our opponents."
In Klaipėda, "Atlantas" will meet "Vėtra". The biggest headache for the Vilnius team's coach Aleksandras Tarchanovas should be the injuries plaguing the team, as Vaidas Žutautas, Dejan Milošeskis, Bobis Božinovskis, Almiras Sulejmanovičius, Vitalis Stankevičius, and Darvydas Šernas will miss the Saturday match, but Marijanas Budimiras and Rolandas Karčemarskas have already recovered and should help their team.
In another round match, "Sūduva" will face "Žalgiris". Most likely, we will not see striker Ottavio Braga in the Marijampolė club's ranks due to injury. In Žalgiris' ranks, Raimondas Vilėniškis will be absent due to accumulated cards, and it is also unclear whether Aleksejus Dubyna and Virmantas Lemežis, who missed several matches due to injuries, will be able to help the team. In the first clash between these two teams, Vilnius secured a victory with a narrow margin of 1-0.
The 11th round of the "A League" will end with the match between "Vilnius" and "Ekranas". We will definitely not see Tadas Gražiūnas in the ranks of the capital's club, and it remains unclear whether Aivaras Laurišas, who recovered from cruciate ligament injury, will be able to play.
11th round matches:
"Interas" - "Šilutė"
Vilnius, 17:00
Referee - V.Chileckis
"Šiauliai" - "Kaunas"
Šiauliai, 18:00
Referee - V.Vasiliauskas
"Atlantas" - "Vėtra"
Klaipėda, 18:00
Referee - G.Mažeika
"Sūduva" - "Žalgiris"
Marijampolė, 18:00
Referee - A.Kancleris
"Vilnius" - "Ekranas"
Vilnius, 19:00
Referee - D.Kančelskis
