The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam FC Twente will try to edge Riga in their own ballpark.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Riga have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-3-4 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Virsliga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Super Nova. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
FC Twente form and stats
Action has already taken place for Twente in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Hammarby to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Last season, FC Twente's Europa Conference League journey ended in the play-offs against Fiorentina.This stadium, De Grolsch Veste, has been a fortress for FC Twente in the Eredivisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-4-0.
The FC Twente manager Oosting and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hammarby in the Europa Conference League. Midfield player Steijn got a match rating of 7.51 in that game, the max score being 10. Steijn scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home win before that one, as predicted. The team were solid favourites against Hammarby and won 1-0.
The manager Oosting will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Almere City in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at De Grolsch Veste in the league this season as Twente has scored 46 goals here in 17 home games. FC Twente are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Grolsch Veste in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 17 matches.
Riga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kecskemeti TE and Vikingur Reykjavik in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Gil Vicente.Riga have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 10-2-1 from 13 games. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Two away matches in a row for Riga, whose manager Stipić could celebrate last time after the win against Super Nova. As mentioned above, Riga was the only team on the pitch versus Super Nova in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Kecskemeti TE (after extra-time) in the Europa Conference League (3-1).
A new game in only three days for Riga, the Virsliga home match versus Metta / LU. Busy days.
Riga are a potent attacking force on the road with their 35 goals in 13 league games. Riga's manager Stipić has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {5 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 15 goals |  D. Aurélio 8 goals |  M. Jojić 5 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Riga missing players
| FC Twente | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 55 | 36 | Scored | S | 36 | 68 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.3 | 9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 16.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 55 | 64 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 54 | 58 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Auda | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -1 | 35 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -16 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Tukums | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 38 | -32 | 23 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 75 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -54 | 8 |
