There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Riga and FC Twente. Game on!
6 - 5 - 3 with 19-11. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FC Twente when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FC Twente play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as FC Twente have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Riga form and stats
Action has already taken place for Riga in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Víkingur Reykjavík and Kecskemeti TE to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Riga was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Gil Vicente was too strong.Riga have been outstanding at home so far in the Virsliga with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. 2W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Riga.
A nice win for Riga last time playing, versus Metta / LU. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against FC Twente in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Riga after this match as they are travelling to Auda for a Latvian Cup game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Stadions Skonto in the league this season as Riga has scored 33 goals here in 13 home games. Riga have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Twente form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hammarby in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. FC Twente's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the play-offs against Fiorentina.Playing away, FC Twente have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two trips in a row for Twente, whose coach Oosting could celebrate last time after the win against Almere City. Attacker van Wolfswinkel got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Wolfswinkel scored two goals and hit three key passes.
A home victory as predicted against Riga preceding that, in the Europa Conference League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PEC Zwolle in just three days.
FC Twente have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other earlier this campaign: FC Twente - Riga 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 15 goals |  D. Aurélio 8 goals |  M. Jojić 5 goals |
Riga missing players
FC Twente missing players
| Riga | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 64 | 33 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.3 | 18.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 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 | Riga | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 56 | 67 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 60 | 64 |
| 3 | Liepaja | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Valmiera | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Auda | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | -11 | 28 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 27 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Tukums | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 38 | -32 | 24 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 25 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -59 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Heracles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
