Marijampolė’s Sūduva continued their strong defensive start to the Toplyga season by securing a 2-0 victory over TransINVEST in the Matchday 3, handing the newly promoted Vilnius district side their first defeat of the campaign.
The team coached by Donatas Vencevičius began the match aggressively, forcing early work from the TransINVEST defence and goalkeeper Julius Virvilas, who produced a save to deny Faustas Steponavičius.
Sūduva broke the deadlock in the 34th minute, when Žygimantas Baltrūnas finished from close range after a pass from Ibrahima Seck, giving the hosts a deserved lead before halftime.
The advantage doubled in the 69th minute, although this time with the help of an own goal. After another dangerous delivery from Faustas Steponavičius, defender Dominykas Barauskas inadvertently sent the ball into his own net.
TransINVEST had a chance to bring the game back to life late on, but Ignas Plūkas produced an impressive save to stop Mykola Musolitin effort.
After two goalless draws in the first two matches Sūduva got their first win of the season, meanwhile FK TransInvest suffered their first defeat. Sūduva will look to continue the streak of a clean sheets in three days when they play an away game against FK Žalgiris Vilnius, meanwhile Marius Stankevičius coache TransInvest will look to bounce back on Wednesday when they will host FK Banga Gargždai.
Round 3
Kauno Žalgiris
FC Hegelmann
Transinvest
FK Žalgiris
FK Riteriai| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kauno Žalgiris |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | FK Žalgiris |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FK Sūduva |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Transinvest |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Džiugas Telšiai |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FK Banga |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FA Šiauliai |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | FC Hegelmann |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | FK Panevėžys |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | FK Riteriai |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
