Can FC Daugavpils surprise Valmiera in their own stadium?

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: J. Daliņa stadions (2000 seats)

Virsliga: Valmiera are ready for the visit of FC Daugavpils in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engrossing football fixture. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Valmiera have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Virsliga

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!

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Valmiera form and stats

Home games in the Virsliga have been a walk in the park for Valmiera so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Valmiera are returning here after visiting Riga in a Latvian Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. This club enjoyed a 18 league rounds long run without a defeat until that game!

Preceding that match was the home Virsliga game against Spartaks Jurmala that was lost 1-2.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Goals decide football matches and Valmiera are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Valmiera have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Daugavpils form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Daugavpils so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).

FC Daugavpils are looking to quickly end their 225 minutes long goal drought in the Virsliga.

Two away matches in a row for Daugavpils, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Auda in the Latvian Cup.

It was a Virsliga defeat before that one as the away game against Auda wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

With the home side given a victory probability of around 80% by the bookmakers, any beneficial result for the guesting team would be a surprise. Checking previous matches with similar odds and FC Daugavpils as the away team, we found 10 results. Statistics from these were 1 away win, 1 draw and 8 defeats. The outsiders lost 6 of these games by at least two goals.

Observe: 13 of the last 16 league games featuring this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Daugavpils as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Valmiera - FC Daugavpils 1-0, played this season. Valmiera-FC Daugavpils H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valmiera seven wins, FC Daugavpils zero wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ValmieraR. Krollis
R. Krollis
12 goals
ValmieraC. Mena Márquez
C. Mena Márquez
8 goals
ValmieraD. Yokota
D. Yokota
7 goals

Valmiera missing players

FC Daugavpils missing players

Valmiera FC Daugavpils
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 11 20
16 8 2 Won W 0 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 3 7 10
48 23 5 Scored S 0 6 15
10 4 0 Conceded C 10 22 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 85%
85% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 65%
65% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 40%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 15%
40% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 18% 25%
60% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 40%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 64% 50%
 
8.6 7.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.8 5.8
3.9 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 6.6
1.4 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.1 15.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 9 8.2
7.5 7.6 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 3.3
32% 30% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 23%
 
8.7 8.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.5 10.3
2.9 2.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 5.7 4.8
Key stats in Virsliga this season:
  • FC Daugavpils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Daugavpils have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Valmiera have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Valmiera have scored more than double the goals of FC Daugavpils.
  • Valmiera have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have the most points (25) at home in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have the the best goal difference (+38) in Virsliga
  • Valmiera have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Valmiera haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 20 16 2 2 48 10 10 8 1 1 23 4 10 8 1 1 25 6 38 50
2 Rīgas FS 20 14 3 3 50 19 10 7 2 1 23 7 10 7 1 2 27 12 31 45
3 Riga 20 13 2 5 32 12 10 8 0 2 17 4 10 5 2 3 15 8 20 41
4 Liepaja 20 12 4 4 40 20 11 5 3 3 17 11 9 7 1 1 23 9 20 40
5 Auda 20 10 3 7 28 19 9 5 0 4 17 10 11 5 3 3 11 9 9 33
6 FC Daugavpils 20 7 3 10 15 33 9 4 2 3 9 11 11 3 1 7 6 22 -18 24
7 Tukums 20 6 2 12 20 39 11 3 2 6 11 24 9 3 0 6 9 15 -19 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 20 3 4 13 20 44 10 2 2 6 11 22 10 1 2 7 9 22 -24 13
10 Super Nova 20 0 5 15 8 39 10 0 2 8 4 22 10 0 3 7 4 17 -31 5