Ružomberok and Riga will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Riga play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. Relevant data for Riga when featuring on grass are 12 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 21 matches. They have scored 35 goals and conceded 18 times in these fixtures.
It's quite the trip for Riga when visiting Ružomberok as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ružomberok and Riga.
Ružomberok form and stats
Ružomberok have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Kauno Zalgiris.Ružomberok enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Skalica's place. The match ended 2-0 with Madleňák and Regáli scoring.
This is expected to be a close game, with Ružomberok perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ružomberok as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Ružomberok has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Fortuna Liga game versus Podbrezova in only three days. This game is also played here at Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok.
Riga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Derry City in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Lincoln Red Imps drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Riga goalkeeper Nils Toms Purins is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 213 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Riga go into this game after a win, the home game against Super Nova that ended 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Perković when Rangel scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spartaks Jurmala in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Riga's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Riga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos da Penha 7 goals |  J. Barnes 6 goals | J. Kendysh 4 goals |
Ružomberok missing players
Riga missing players
| Ružomberok | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ružomberok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zemplin Michalovce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | DAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Podbrezova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trencin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zilina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Skalica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlaté Moravce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 48 |
| 3 | Riga | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 44 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Auda | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -22 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -22 | 20 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -26 | 14 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -26 | 13 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 21 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -32 | 5 |
