FC Lugano vs Kauno Žalgiris — UEFA Europa Conference League: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 11′FC Lugano, goal:1–0assist
- 13′Kauno Žalgiris, yellow card:Tripping
- 24′FC Lugano, goal:2–0
- 32′FC Lugano, goal:3–0assist
- Half-time3 – 0
- 46′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 46′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 46′FC Lugano, substitution:off
- 46′FC Lugano, substitution:off
- 51′Kauno Žalgiris, yellow card:Roughing
- 58′FC Lugano, yellow card:Holding
- 61′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 61′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- 70′FC Lugano, substitution:off
- 70′FC Lugano, substitution:off
- 77′FC Lugano, substitution:off
- 81′Kauno Žalgiris, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 0
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Match report
FC Lugano rout Kauno Žalgiris with three first-half goals
FC Lugano beat Kauno Žalgiris 3-0 at AIL Arena in the third matchday of the UEFA Europa Conference League league stage, with all three goals arriving before the interval. The Swiss side had the contest settled inside 32 minutes and never looked likely to be pulled back.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Yanis Cimignani opened the scoring in the 11th minute, converting a delivery from Daniel Dos Santos. Ezgjan Alioski doubled the lead in the 24th minute, and Dos Santos then got on the scoresheet himself in the 32nd, finishing from Behruzjon Karimov's assist to make it 3-0.
The hosts controlled the game with 66% of the possession and 13 shots to 5, five of them on target to the visitors' one. Kauno Žalgiris, who had lost four of their previous five games, managed little after falling behind, and the second half passed without a goal.
The result stretched FC Lugano's winning run to eight games and their unbeaten run to 23, while Kauno Žalgiris have now lost three in a row. FC Lugano travel to FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League on Sunday, and Kauno Žalgiris host Riga in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 26 November.
Daniel Dos Santos scored once and set up another, earning a rating of 8.9, the highest of any player on the pitch. Alioski, who also scored, was rated 7.9.
FC Lugano had 13 shots to Kauno Žalgiris's 5.
FC Lugano beat Kauno Žalgiris 3–0 (half-time 3–0).
FC Lugano met Kauno Žalgiris in the UEFA Europa Conference League (League Stage - 3). Kick-off was Thursday, 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC at AIL Arena. Referee: Yigal Frid.
Team pages: FC Lugano · Kauno Žalgiris · UEFA Europa Conference League
Key moments
- 11' Goal: Yanis Cimignani (assist: Daniel Dos Santos) — 1–0
- 24' Goal: Ezgjan Alioski — 2–0
- 32' Goal: Daniel Dos Santos (assist: Behruzjon Karimov) — 3–0
Starting line-ups
FC Lugano (3-5-2)
Kauno Žalgiris (5-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave FC Lugano 74%, the draw 16%, Kauno Žalgiris 10%. It finished FC Lugano 3–0 Kauno Žalgiris.
A big strength gap puts Lugano well clear — We give FC Lugano 74% mainly because they sit 290 points higher on our strength rating, 1524 to 1234, with the usual home advantage adding to it. The draw starts near 17%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and drops to 16% because both sides' own recent games average 3.5 goals.
Why FC Lugano at 74%?
FC Lugano sit 290 points higher on our strength rating — 1524 to 1234. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge at home won 79.6% of 5,982 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 71–18–11.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 74% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 16% and Kauno Žalgiris at 10%.
Why is the draw only 16%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 16.9%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.1% of 18,729. The goals environment takes 1.5 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
FC Lugano have averaged 14 percentage points more possession than Kauno Žalgiris in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. FC Lugano's last five: W-W-W-W-W — the hotter side across the games we track, and unbeaten in their last 22 on 90-minute results, all competitions (18 wins, 4 draws), a run going back to May 2026. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.0% of 2059 games when clearly hotter and 43.8% of 3979 when clearly colder.
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About this match
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