It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Rīgas FS host Sabah. This is a 2nd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Rīgas's stadium, Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss, has a artifical turf surface. Sabah have grass 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 Sabah when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from ten matches. They have scored {16 goals} in these games and conceded 10.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Virsliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Auda.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Action has already taken place for Rīgas FS in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Makedonija to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the group stage.9-1-0 is the performance here at Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss so far in the Virsliga, giving Rīgas FS a total of 28 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!
It's back home for Rīgas FS, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Auda away with the result 5-2. A goal frenzy last time out for Rīgas, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Auda. Fun stuff to watch!
A home victory ahead of that match, as expected. The team were big favourites against Makedonija and won 4-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rīgas FS, as the Virsliga home game vs Tukums is only four days away.
As for guarding their own goal, Rīgas FS have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sabah collect 38 points from their 18 away matches in the Premier League. 12 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 4 defeats).
The attacking players of Sabah have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 198 minutes.
Sabah are travelling again after losing away to Neftci in their previous match (0-1).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Zira.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Sabah in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sabah, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sabah have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 40 goals from 18 away matches. Sabah are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 13 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals |  I. Diomandé 6 goals |
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| Rīgas FS | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 67 | 24 | Scored | S | 28 | 50 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12.2 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 59% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rīgas FS | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Riga | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 55 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -4 | 31 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | FS Jelgava | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -50 | 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 | Qarabag | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 91 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 66 | 90 |
| 2 | Sabah | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 51 | 81 |
| 3 | Neftci | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 68 |
| 4 | Qabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | -1 | 50 |
| 6 | Turan | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 39 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -28 | 31 |
| 8 | Sumqayt | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -44 | 31 |
| 9 | Sebail | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | Kesl FK | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -26 | 25 |
