It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are Valmiera and Skendija 79

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 21.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daugavas Stadiona, Riga (5083 seats)

Valmiera and Skendija 79 will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

Skendija 79 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Valmiera form and stats

Last season, Valmiera's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 1st qualifying round against Suduva.

This stadium, Daugavas Stadiona, Riga, has been a fortress for Valmiera in the Virsliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-1-1.

Valmiera's last game was hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress and winning 5-1. As mentioned above, Valmiera "killed" FC Daugavpils / Progress in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Valmiera have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Metta / LU are coming to town in three days.

Goals are plentiful at Daugavas Stadiona, Riga in the league this season as Valmiera has scored 28 goals here in 11 home games. Valmiera have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Skendija 79 form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Ararat in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Riga.

The story so far for the visiting team on their First League travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Ararat in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League fixture ended 2-2.

Skendija 79 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 16 away games so far. 17 goals have been conceded by Skendija 79 in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ValmieraR. Krollis
R. Krollis
14 goals
Skendija 79L. Doriev
L. Doriev
10 goals
ValmieraC. Mena Márquez
C. Mena Márquez
9 goals

Valmiera missing players

Skendija 79 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valmiera Skendija 79
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
18 9   Won W   5 12
4 1   Drew D   5 10
3 1   Lost L   3 3
55 28   Scored S   18 33
15 5   Conceded C   15 20
88% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 80%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 68%
60% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
32% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
36% 36%   BTTS BTTS   54% 48%
60% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 48%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   15% 24%
 
8.3 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 8
4.2 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 2.9
1.3 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
15.7 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 14.2
7.5 8.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.1
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 27%
 
8.7 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10 8.6
2.8 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Valmiera 21 17 2 2 53 11 11 9 1 1 28 5 10 8 1 1 25 6 42 53
2 Rigas FS 21 15 3 3 53 20 10 7 2 1 23 7 11 8 1 2 30 13 33 48
3 Riga 21 14 2 5 33 12 11 9 0 2 18 4 10 5 2 3 15 8 21 44
4 Liepāja 20 12 4 4 40 20 11 5 3 3 17 11 9 7 1 1 23 9 20 40
5 Auda 21 11 3 7 31 19 10 6 0 4 20 10 11 5 3 3 11 9 12 36
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 21 7 3 11 16 38 9 4 2 3 9 11 12 3 1 8 7 27 -22 24
7 Tukums 21 6 2 13 20 42 11 3 2 6 11 24 10 3 0 7 9 18 -22 20
8 Spartaks Jurmala 20 4 2 14 16 42 10 2 1 7 10 20 10 2 1 7 6 22 -26 14
9 Metta / LU 21 3 4 14 21 47 11 2 2 7 12 25 10 1 2 7 9 22 -26 13
10 Super Nova 21 0 5 16 8 40 10 0 2 8 4 22 11 0 3 8 4 18 -32 5
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shkupi 33 23 7 3 66 21 17 15 2 0 45 8 16 8 5 3 21 13 45 76
2 Akademija Pandev 33 19 7 7 55 32 17 13 2 2 38 15 16 6 5 5 17 17 23 64
3 Skendija 79 33 16 13 4 49 25 17 10 6 1 25 8 16 6 7 3 24 17 24 61
4 Makedonija 33 17 6 10 46 44 17 10 4 3 28 17 16 7 2 7 18 27 2 57
5 Renova 33 12 12 9 42 29 17 6 6 5 19 13 16 6 6 4 23 16 13 48
6 Struga 33 12 11 10 33 33 16 8 6 2 20 12 17 4 5 8 13 21 0 47
7 Bregalnica Stip 33 12 9 12 45 47 17 10 4 3 31 19 16 2 5 9 14 28 -2 45
8 Rabotnicki 33 13 4 16 29 35 16 7 3 6 15 16 17 6 1 10 14 19 -6 43
9 Skopje 33 9 8 16 27 45 16 5 5 6 16 17 17 4 3 10 11 28 -18 35
10 Tikves 33 9 7 17 36 38 16 8 2 6 23 14 17 1 5 11 13 24 -2 34
11 Borec 33 5 6 22 25 66 16 4 3 9 13 27 17 1 3 13 12 39 -41 21
12 Pelister 33 2 8 23 16 54 16 2 6 8 9 21 17 0 2 15 7 33 -38 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shkupi 33 23 7 3 66 21 17 15 2 0 45 8 16 8 5 3 21 13 45 76
2 Akademija Pandev 33 19 7 7 55 32 17 13 2 2 38 15 16 6 5 5 17 17 23 64
3 Skendija 79 33 16 13 4 49 25 17 10 6 1 25 8 16 6 7 3 24 17 24 61
4 Makedonija 33 17 6 10 46 44 17 10 4 3 28 17 16 7 2 7 18 27 2 57
5 Renova 33 12 12 9 42 29 17 6 6 5 19 13 16 6 6 4 23 16 13 48
6 Struga 33 12 11 10 33 33 16 8 6 2 20 12 17 4 5 8 13 21 0 47
7 Bregalnica Stip 33 12 9 12 45 47 17 10 4 3 31 19 16 2 5 9 14 28 -2 45
8 Rabotnicki 33 13 4 16 29 35 16 7 3 6 15 16 17 6 1 10 14 19 -6 43
9 Skopje 33 9 8 16 27 45 16 5 5 6 16 17 17 4 3 10 11 28 -18 35
10 Tikves 33 9 7 17 36 38 16 8 2 6 23 14 17 1 5 11 13 24 -2 34
11 Borec 33 5 6 22 25 66 16 4 3 9 13 27 17 1 3 13 12 39 -41 21
12 Pelister 33 2 8 23 16 54 16 2 6 8 9 21 17 0 2 15 7 33 -38 14

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