Linfield 1-2 Žalgiris: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 13 July 2021

Result

Linfield 1-2 Žalgiris

Champions League · Tuesday 13 July 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Linfield 1-2 Žalgiris: match report

Linfield were beaten by Žalgiris 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 13 July 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Saulius Mikoliunas opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Linfield's goal came from C. Shields (66', penalty). Žalgiris scored through Saulius Mikoliunas (17') and Ogenyi Onazi (44').

Discipline: Linfield received 3 yellow cards; Žalgiris received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Linfield lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Žalgiris in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Linfield wins, 0 draws and 1 for Žalgiris.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · F. KyeremehŽalgiris
  • 17'Goal · Saulius MikoliunasŽalgiris · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Ogenyi OnaziŽalgiris · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Ogenyi OnaziŽalgiris
  • 62'Yellow card · C. ShieldsLinfield
  • 63'Yellow card · J. BopesuŽalgiris
  • 64'Red card · D. DiawŽalgiris
  • 66'Penalty goal · C. ShieldsLinfield · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · M. NewberryLinfield
  • 89'Red card · K. UzėlaŽalgiris
  • 90+1'Yellow card · M. KaramarkoŽalgiris
  • 90+6'Yellow card · J. StewartLinfield

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Linfield 0, draws 0, Žalgiris 1.

Team news

Linfield line-up (4-2-3-1)

Chris Johns, Trai Hume, Michael Newberry, Jimmy Callacher, Matthew Clarke, Chris Shields, Jamie Mulgrew, Kirk Millar, Stephen Fallon, Niall Quinn, Christy Manzinga

Žalgiris line-up (4-3-3)

Edvinas Gertmonas, Saulius Mikoliūnas, Nemanja Ljubisavljevic, Pape Djibril Diaw, Joël Bopesu, Ogenyi Onazi, Milen Gamakov, Ivan Tatomirović, Francis Kyeremeh, Jakub Sylvestr, Hugo Videmont