It's time for episode two of the Linfield - Rīgas FS Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 25.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Windsor Park (24734 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs between Linfield and Rīgas FS. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

This stadium has grass, which is not Rīgas FS's normal surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Rīgas FS have performed like this: Played 18 matches with the output 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats with the goal numbers 33-17 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Rīgas FS when visiting Linfield as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Linfield form and stats

Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Fola Esch.

1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Linfield so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Linfield, who won 3-1 against Newry City AFC.

In the fixture before, 2-2 away to Rīgas FS (Europa Conference League).

Linfield are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Carrick Rangers awaits in three days.

Linfield has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rīgas FS form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Hibernians in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Gent.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Virsliga. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Rīgas FS: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Rīgas FS played 2-2 against Valmiera / BSS in their previous match. The draw against Valmiera / BSS came from a losing position. The Rīgas manager Morozs brought on Stuglis as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rīgas FS manager Morozs as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Liepaja.

Rīgas are a potent attacking force on the road with their 32 goals in 12 league games. As opposed to that, Rīgas FS have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rīgas FS - Linfield 2-2 was the product when these two participants previously met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

Rīgas FSA. Ilić
A. Ilić
12 goals
Rīgas FSE. Santana Deocleciano
E. Santana Deocleciano
8 goals
Rīgas FSK. Friesenbichler
K. Friesenbichler
6 goals

Linfield missing players

Rīgas FS missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Linfield Rīgas FS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
15 7   Won W   9 16
5 3   Drew D   0 5
5 2   Lost L   3 4
45 20   Scored S   25 54
27 7   Conceded C   13 26
88% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
76% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 88%
52% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 68%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 52%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 16%
40% 25%   BTTS BTTS   42% 52%
44% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
6 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   7.5 7.6
2.5 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
2 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
9.2 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.1
4.5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.4
40% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%
 
9.2 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   6.9 6.6
3.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coleraine 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
2 Glentoran 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 7
3 Linfield 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
4 Crusaders 3 2 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 6
5 Cliftonville 3 2 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Ballymena United 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
7 Larne 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Carrick Rangers 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 3
9 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
10 Newry City AFC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 -7 0
12 Portadown 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 0
  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 25 19 4 2 68 16 13 11 1 1 40 7 12 8 3 1 28 9 52 61
2 Riga 25 18 2 5 44 15 13 11 0 2 23 7 12 7 2 3 21 8 29 56
3 Rīgas FS 25 16 5 4 59 25 13 7 4 2 27 12 12 9 1 2 32 13 34 53
4 Liepaja 25 15 5 5 49 27 13 7 3 3 20 12 12 8 2 2 29 15 22 50
5 Auda 25 11 5 9 32 23 12 6 1 5 21 13 13 5 4 4 11 10 9 38
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 25 7 3 15 18 47 10 4 2 4 9 15 15 3 1 11 9 32 -29 24
7 Tukums 25 7 2 16 24 53 13 4 2 7 13 27 12 3 0 9 11 26 -29 23
8 Spartaks Jurmala 25 5 3 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 16 27 12 2 2 8 7 24 -28 18
9 Super Nova 25 4 5 16 17 45 12 2 2 8 7 23 13 2 3 8 10 22 -28 17
10 Metta / LU 25 3 6 16 26 58 13 2 4 7 14 27 12 1 2 9 12 31 -32 15

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 Valmiera / BSS 25 19 4 2 68 16 13 11 1 1 40 7 12 8 3 1 28 9 52 61
2 Riga 25 18 2 5 44 15 13 11 0 2 23 7 12 7 2 3 21 8 29 56
3 Rīgas FS 25 16 5 4 59 25 13 7 4 2 27 12 12 9 1 2 32 13 34 53
4 Liepaja 25 15 5 5 49 27 13 7 3 3 20 12 12 8 2 2 29 15 22 50
5 Auda 25 11 5 9 32 23 12 6 1 5 21 13 13 5 4 4 11 10 9 38
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 25 7 3 15 18 47 10 4 2 4 9 15 15 3 1 11 9 32 -29 24
7 Tukums 25 7 2 16 24 53 13 4 2 7 13 27 12 3 0 9 11 26 -29 23
8 Spartaks Jurmala 25 5 3 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 16 27 12 2 2 8 7 24 -28 18
9 Super Nova 25 4 5 16 17 45 12 2 2 8 7 23 13 2 3 8 10 22 -28 17
10 Metta / LU 25 3 6 16 26 58 13 2 4 7 14 27 12 1 2 9 12 31 -32 15

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