All the facts and stats for the Europa Conference League clash: Makedonija - Rīgas FS

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Wed 12.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Trening centar Petar Miloševski (15000 seats)

Makedonija host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round game. Rīgas FS will try their very best to bring a solid result back to RTU stadions before the return leg in 10 days.

Makedonija's stadium, Trening centar Petar Miloševski, has a grass surface. Rīgas FS have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rīgas FS when playing on grass; 12 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses from 22 matches. They have scored {40 goals} in these games and conceded 24.

Rīgas FS have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Rīgas FS could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Virsliga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Liepaja, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rīgas FS.

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Makedonija form and stats

Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against CSKA Sofia.

6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Makedonija have to build on here at Trening centar Petar Miloševski in the First League.

The home regulars witnessed a 1-1 draw against Struga in the Macedonian Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.

A 1-1 scoreline against Struga (after extra-time, 0-2 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Macedonian Cup.

Makedonija have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Trening centar Petar Miloševski with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Makedonija are not conceding a lot of goals here at Trening centar Petar Miloševski in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Rīgas FS form and stats

Rīgas FS was sent out of Europa Conference League in the group stage last season.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 6 draws and only 0 losses in the Virsliga.

Rīgas FS has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Liepaja for a 1-1 draw.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus FS Jelgava in the Virsliga.

Rīgas have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Latvian Cup game vs FS Jelgava. A grim calendar for the visiting team!

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 33 goals in 12 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Rīgas FS as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Rīgas FSA. Ilić
A. Ilić
13 goals
MakedonijaF. Mishevski
F. Mishevski
6 goals
Rīgas FSE. Santana Deocleciano
E. Santana Deocleciano
6 goals

Makedonija missing players

Rīgas FS missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Makedonija Rīgas FS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   14 25
7 5   Won W   7 16
8 2   Drew D   7 9
10 2   Lost L   0 0
31 18   Scored S   36 56
35 7   Conceded C   7 10
84% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 80%
72% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 72%
52% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 44%
24% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 28%
12% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 16%
44% 44%   BTTS BTTS   43% 36%
32% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 64%
40% 22%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
2.2 3.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.8
2 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.4
1.1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
5 6.3   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 10.9
2.4 2.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.9
60% 82%   Goal Efficiency G E   84% 57%
 
5.9 4.7   Shots against (avg) S A   6.2 6.7
2.1 1.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2 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 Struga 30 20 8 2 53 19 16 13 3 0 34 9 14 7 5 2 19 10 34 68
2 Shkupi 30 17 7 6 62 27 15 11 3 1 35 12 15 6 4 5 27 15 35 58
3 Skendija 79 30 16 9 5 43 23 16 7 7 2 21 11 14 9 2 3 22 12 20 57
4 Sileks 30 13 9 8 41 34 15 7 3 5 21 19 15 6 6 3 20 15 7 48
5 Bregalnica Stip 30 10 11 9 33 34 16 6 5 5 18 16 14 4 6 4 15 18 -1 41
6 Tikves 30 11 7 12 40 37 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 4 3 8 17 24 3 40
7 Makedonija 30 10 9 11 37 33 14 6 5 3 24 11 16 4 4 8 13 22 4 39
8 Rabotnicki 30 11 4 15 37 48 14 6 1 7 21 23 16 5 3 8 16 25 -11 37
9 Akademija Pandev 30 6 10 14 34 38 15 4 3 8 16 19 15 2 7 6 18 19 -4 28
10 Skopje 30 4 10 16 17 44 14 2 8 4 8 12 16 2 2 12 9 32 -27 22
11 Pobeda 30 3 4 23 18 78 15 2 2 11 9 40 15 1 2 12 9 38 -60 13
12 Renova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
  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 22 17 4 1 53 11 11 9 2 0 29 7 11 8 2 1 24 4 42 55
2 Rīgas FS 22 15 7 0 53 9 10 9 1 0 20 3 12 6 6 0 33 6 44 52
3 Valmiera / BSS 22 9 7 6 29 21 11 6 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 9 13 8 34
4 Liepaja 21 9 4 8 32 32 12 4 3 5 13 21 9 5 1 3 19 11 0 31
5 Auda 22 8 7 7 23 24 10 3 3 4 7 15 12 5 4 3 16 9 -1 31
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

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 Riga 22 17 4 1 53 11 11 9 2 0 29 7 11 8 2 1 24 4 42 55
2 Rīgas FS 22 15 7 0 53 9 10 9 1 0 20 3 12 6 6 0 33 6 44 52
3 Valmiera / BSS 22 9 7 6 29 21 11 6 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 9 13 8 34
4 Liepaja 21 9 4 8 32 32 12 4 3 5 13 21 9 5 1 3 19 11 0 31
5 Auda 22 8 7 7 23 24 10 3 3 4 7 15 12 5 4 3 16 9 -1 31
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

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