The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Derry City will try to edge Riga in their own ballpark.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Derry City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Derry City have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
Derry City are returning here after visiting Bohemians and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Smith and Thomson scored the goal(s).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting UCD.Derry have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches.
Riga form and stats
Riga was sent out of Europa Conference League in the play-offs last season, when Lincoln Red Imps turned out to be too strong.The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga.
The attacking players of Riga have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 190 minutes.
Riga are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Liepāja.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Valmiera / BSS.After this away game Riga return home for a Latvian Cup game against Valmiera / BSS. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Riga's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Riga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals |  G. Ramos da Penha 7 goals |
Derry City missing players
Riga missing players
| Derry City | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| 7 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -32 | 9 |
| 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 / BSS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Rigas 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 | Liepāja | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Auda | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -22 | 17 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 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 |
