All the facts and stats for the Europa Conference League clash: Riga - Víkingur Reykjavík

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Wed 12.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadions Skonto (1000 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Riga will try to edge Víkingur Reykjavík in their own ballpark.

This arena uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Víkingur Reykjavík's home stadium. The former 13 games by the away side on artifical turf have produced 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Víkingur Reykjavík have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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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Riga form and stats

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

Home games in the Virsliga have been a walk in the park for Riga so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Riga's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Auda. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Ahead of that match, Riga won a home game hosting Liepaja (3-1).

The manager Stipić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PPK in only four days.

Riga are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 11 games). Riga have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats

They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round, when Lech Poznan drew the shortest straw.

Víkingur Reykjavík have an excellent away record in the Pepsideild so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Keflavik in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Keflavik was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Prior to that result Reykjavík won their away game at Fylkir in the Pepsideild. The scoreline was 3-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Víkingur Reykjavík are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

RigaM. Regža
M. Regža
12 goals
Víkingur ReykjavíkN. Hansen
N. Hansen
7 goals
RigaD. Aurélio
D. Aurélio
6 goals

Riga missing players

Víkingur Reykjavík missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Riga Víkingur Reykjavík
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
18 10   Won W   8 20
5 3   Drew D   2 2
2 1   Lost L   1 3
56 32   Scored S   27 60
14 10   Conceded C   11 22
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 84%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 68%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
8% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 20%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   55% 52%
52% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 44%
12% 7%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
8.4 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.2
2.7 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.7
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.7 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 10.2
5.1 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 4.8
44% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 50%
 
5 4.3   Shots against (avg) S A   5.6 5.8
1.8 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2.7

  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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Víkingur Reykjavík 15 12 2 1 36 12 8 7 0 1 19 5 7 5 2 0 17 7 24 38
2 Valur 13 9 2 2 35 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 6 0 1 24 5 24 29
3 Breidablik 14 8 3 3 30 21 6 4 1 1 18 11 8 4 2 2 12 10 9 27
4 FH 13 6 3 4 26 26 6 5 1 0 16 6 7 1 2 4 10 20 0 21
5 KR 13 5 3 5 14 19 6 3 1 2 6 3 7 2 2 3 8 16 -5 18
6 KA 14 5 2 7 16 26 8 4 2 2 14 14 6 1 0 5 2 12 -10 17
7 HK 13 5 1 7 25 30 6 2 1 3 9 12 7 3 0 4 16 18 -5 16
8 IBV 14 5 1 8 17 24 7 4 0 3 10 8 7 1 1 5 7 16 -7 16
9 Stjarnan 13 4 2 7 24 20 7 4 1 2 20 10 6 0 1 5 4 10 4 14
10 Fram 14 4 2 8 25 33 7 4 1 2 16 12 7 0 1 6 9 21 -8 14
11 Fylkir 14 3 3 8 21 33 8 3 1 4 16 20 6 0 2 4 5 13 -12 12
12 Keflavik 14 1 6 7 11 25 7 0 4 3 6 12 7 1 2 4 5 13 -14 9

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 Víkingur Reykjavík 15 12 2 1 36 12 8 7 0 1 19 5 7 5 2 0 17 7 24 38
2 Valur 13 9 2 2 35 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 6 0 1 24 5 24 29
3 Breidablik 14 8 3 3 30 21 6 4 1 1 18 11 8 4 2 2 12 10 9 27
4 FH 13 6 3 4 26 26 6 5 1 0 16 6 7 1 2 4 10 20 0 21
5 KR 13 5 3 5 14 19 6 3 1 2 6 3 7 2 2 3 8 16 -5 18
6 KA 14 5 2 7 16 26 8 4 2 2 14 14 6 1 0 5 2 12 -10 17
7 HK 13 5 1 7 25 30 6 2 1 3 9 12 7 3 0 4 16 18 -5 16
8 IBV 14 5 1 8 17 24 7 4 0 3 10 8 7 1 1 5 7 16 -7 16
9 Stjarnan 13 4 2 7 24 20 7 4 1 2 20 10 6 0 1 5 4 10 4 14
10 Fram 14 4 2 8 25 33 7 4 1 2 16 12 7 0 1 6 9 21 -8 14
11 Fylkir 14 3 3 8 21 33 8 3 1 4 16 20 6 0 2 4 5 13 -12 12
12 Keflavik 14 1 6 7 11 25 7 0 4 3 6 12 7 1 2 4 5 13 -14 9

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