After opening their winning account last week, Gintra added three more Women's A League points. In Pakruojis, the Lithuanian champions 3:0 (0–0 at half-time) defeated Saned Joniškis, scoring all their goals after the break.
Gintra sit second with eight points. Banga lead after winning all four matches, most recently beating Utenis 5–1. Hegelmann lost 1–2 at home to MFA Žalgiris-MRU this round.
Lineup: A. Bikutė, A. Mikutaitė (C), K. O'Brien, L. Kubiliūtė (66' min. S. Railaitė), R. Diodati, A. Sunday, M. Galkina, S. Lichareva (46' min. J. Bassey), J. Sunday, N. Klezaitė (46' min. T. Romanovskaja), M. Proscevičiūtė (46' min. E. Šupelytė).
Goals:
„Gintra“: J. Sunday (58', 60') – 2, J. Bassey (83') – 1.
The visitors controlled the full opening 45 minutes but could not score. Their best chance was a penalty won by Juliet Sunday, but captain Algimantė Mikutaitė struck the bar. It remained goalless at half-time.
Petkov made several half-time changes that provided the necessary impact. In the 58th minute, Juliet Sunday converted Abigail Sunday's accurate pass – for 1–0. Gintra kept going and exploited their opponents' uncertainty to score again through Juliet Sunday – 2:0.
Near the end, Juliet Bassey sealed victory with an accurate shot into the top corner – 3:0.
The next A League fixture is against fast-starting Banga on 6 May at 17:00 at Radviliškis Stadium. Gintra seek to extend their own run and end the Gargždai side's success.
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