The first of two encounters in the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Olimpija will try to edge Valmiera in their own ballpark.
Valmiera have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Virsliga game only four days ago.
Olimpija form and stats
Olimpija have performed here at Stadion Stožice this season with 14 wins from 18 1. SNL matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
The Olimpija crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Celje here at Stadion Stožice.
Before that game, the home loss against Celje with the scoreline 0-2.Olimpija are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 1.
Olimpija have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Stožice with 29 goals in 18 league matches. Olimpija have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Valmiera form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Valmiera goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 254 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Valmiera had fun at their own home (Stadion Stožice) last time out, beating Tukums 6-0. As mentioned above, Valmiera was the only team on the pitch versus Tukums in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Auda.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Valmiera played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 2 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.
After this away game Valmiera return home for a Latvian Cup game against Super Nova. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Valmiera when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Valmiera have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gueye 4 goals | G. Silva Souza 4 goals | R. Ribeiro Rodrigues 4 goals |
Olimpija missing players
Valmiera missing players
| Olimpija | Valmiera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 40% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.3 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 6 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 43% | ||
| 9.8 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpija | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 73 |
| 2 | Celje | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 67 |
| 3 | Maribor | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 62 |
| 4 | Domzale | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Mura | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 52 |
| 6 | Koper | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 50 |
| 7 | Radomlje | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -18 | 44 |
| 8 | Bravo | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 36 |
| 9 | Gorica | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 57 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 34 | -26 | 27 |
| 10 | Tabor Sezana | 36 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 29 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -34 | 24 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Riga | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 41 | 52 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 44 | 51 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Auda | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Liepaja | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | FS Jelgava | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 19 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 28 | -48 | 7 |
