Kauno Žalgiris vs Beşiktaş — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 28′Kauno Žalgiris, yellow card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- Half-time
- 46′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 56′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 56′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 64′Kauno Žalgiris, goal:1–0assist
- 65′Beşiktaş, substitution:off
- 65′Beşiktaş, substitution:off
- 65′Beşiktaş, substitution:off
- 69′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 80′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 85′Beşiktaş, yellow card:Foul
- 86′Beşiktaş, substitution:off
- 86′Beşiktaş, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 0
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Match report
Kauno Žalgiris stun Beşiktaş with second-half winner
Kauno Žalgiris beat Beşiktaş 1-0 in a UEFA Europa League play-off tie played at Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. The result marked a notable upset given Beşiktaş's dominance of possession, though it was the hosts who found the breakthrough that separated the sides.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half finished goalless, but the home side struck in the 64th minute when Renan Oliveira converted an assist from Deividas Mikelionis to put Kauno Žalgiris 1-0 ahead. The scoreline held firm from there, with neither side able to add further goals despite Beşiktaş pressing for an equaliser.
Beşiktaş controlled the ball for 71 percent of the match and had four shots on target compared to two for Kauno Žalgiris, yet could not turn that territorial advantage into a goal. The home side committed more fouls, with 16 to Beşiktaş's nine, but that physical approach did not prevent Kauno Žalgiris from holding on for a narrow, hard-fought win.
Renan Oliveira scored the only goal of the match in the 64th minute, converting the decisive chance set up by Mikelionis to hand Kauno Žalgiris the win.
Beşiktaş held 71 percent of possession yet were unable to convert their control of the ball into a goal.
Kauno Žalgiris beat Beşiktaş 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Kauno Žalgiris met Beşiktaş in the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). Kick-off was Thursday, 27 August 2026, 17:00 UTC at Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano.
Team pages: Kauno Žalgiris · Beşiktaş · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 64' Goal: Renan Oliveira (assist: Deividas Mikelionis) — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Kauno Žalgiris (4-1-4-1)
Beşiktaş (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Kauno Žalgiris 19%, the draw 17%, Beşiktaş 64%. It finished Kauno Žalgiris 1–0 Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş's rating gap outweighs Kauno Žalgiris' home ground — Beşiktaş are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Beşiktaş's 64%. The draw at 17% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why Beşiktaş at 64%?
Beşiktaş sit 537 points higher on our strength rating — 1237 to 1774. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.9% of 5,209 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 17–17–66.
Why only 64%?
UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (22.8% vs 24.9% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.5% of 4,426 games vs 44.9% across all 99,396 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 17%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 17.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.1 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,133. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off. The goals environment adds 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Beşiktaş's last five: W-W-W-W-L — the hotter side across the games we track. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.7% of 2194 games when clearly hotter and 42.9% of 4007 when clearly colder. Kauno Žalgiris have 24 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the Kauno Žalgiris vs Beşiktaş final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Kauno Žalgiris 1–0 Beşiktaş. Explore more on the Kauno Žalgiris and Beşiktaş team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.