Rīgas FS host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. Linfield will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Windsor Park before the return leg in 7 days.
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Linfield's usual surface at their own football field. When appearing on artifical turf Linfield have performed like this: Played six matches with the output 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats with the goal numbers 7-15 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Linfield have to travel 3000 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.
Rīgas FS form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Rīgas, as the manager Morozs led his troops to eliminate Hibernians, and reach the Play-offs. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Gent.Rīgas FS are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at Stadions Skonto. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
Rīgas FS are returning here after visiting Tukums in a Latvian Cup fixture and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rīgas, as the Virsliga home game vs Valmiera / BSS is only three days away.
The Rīgas FS manager Morozs has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. Rīgas FS are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadions Skonto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Linfield form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round, when Fola Esch drew the shortest straw.Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Linfield goalkeeper Chris Johns is eager to challenge this, with his 315 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Devine, Millar, Clarke and Vertainen secured the home win 4-0 against Portadown in their previous game. As mentioned above, Linfield was the only team on the pitch versus Portadown in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Linfield have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Premiership match versus Newry City AFC. A grim schedule for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 12 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 7 goals | K. Friesenbichler 6 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Linfield missing players
| Rīgas FS | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valmiera / BSS | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 52 | 60 |
| 2 | Riga | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 50 |
| 5 | Auda | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -28 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -30 | 20 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -28 | 17 |
| 9 | Super Nova | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -29 | 14 |
| 10 | Metta / LU | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -32 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Linfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Carrick Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Larne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Newry City AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Cliftonville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
