Europa Conference League betting and spectator preview: Rīgas FS and İstanbul Başakşehir meet at Stadions Skonto to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's quite the trip for İstanbul Başakşehir when visiting Rīgas as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Gent was too strong.Rīgas FS are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at Stadions Skonto. 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games. 1W-4D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Rīgas FS.
Rīgas FS's last game was hosting Metta / LU and winning 6-0. As mentioned above, Rīgas FS "killed" Metta / LU in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Šarić was absolutely essential when Rīgas beat Metta / LU 6-0, scoring three goals.
In the game before, an away victory in the Virsliga match versus FC Daugavpils / Progress with a 3-1 scoreline.There will be little rest for Rīgas FS after this match as they are travelling to Auda for a Virsliga game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (37 in 16 games), Rīgas FS's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rīgas have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
The seven points İstanbul Başakşehir have gathered from their first three away trips in the Super Lig is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 6W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for İstanbul Başakşehir, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Ankaragucu last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Belözoğlu when Türüç scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute. Ndayishimiye, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Ndayishimiye won 4 of 5 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Eyupspor.A quick return to home after this game, as İstanbul Başakşehir are hosting Sivasspor in the Super Lig only four days away.
İstanbul Başakşehir are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 15 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 11 goals |  D. Rakels 8 goals |
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| Rīgas FS | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 34 | Scored | S | 18 | 53 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | ||
| 7.8 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Hearts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Valmiera / BSS | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 85 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 65 | 71 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 46 | 66 |
| 3 | Riga | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 34 | 66 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 57 |
| 5 | Auda | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | Tukums | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 58 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -27 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -32 | 29 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 42 | -33 | 21 |
| 9 | Spartaks Jurmala | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -42 | 18 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -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 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Adana Demirspor | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Besiktas | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Fenerbahce | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | Kayserispor | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Kasimpasa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Giresunspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Istanbulspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Fatih Karagumruk | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Ankaragucu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Sivasspor | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Hatayspor | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Umraniyespor | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
