The first leg ended Rīgas FS-Sabah 0-2. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
This pitch has grass, which is not Rīgas FS's usual surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass Rīgas FS have performed like this: Played 22 matches taking 12 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats with the goal difference 40-23 (scored/conceded).
Rīgas FS have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Sabah form and stats
Sabah are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Bank Respublika Arena. 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 18 games.
Ceballos was the last player to score a league goal for Sabah and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sabah haven't scored in 198 minutes.
Sabah are returning here after visiting Rīgas FS in a Europa Conference League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
In the match before that, Sabah hosted Zira and drew the Premier League game 0-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Qabala are coming to town in three days.
The Sabah fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 18 league matches. Sabah have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Makedonija in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the group stage.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 6 draws and only 0 losses in the Virsliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Rīgas won their last game, 7-0 versus Tukums played at home. As mentioned above, Rīgas FS was the only team on the pitch versus Tukums in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
The fixture earlier was the Europa Conference League-duel against Sabah, a home loss (0-2).
The schedule is very tough for Rīgas FS now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Virsliga game at FC Daugavpils / Progress is waiting in only three days.
Rīgas are a potent attacking force on the road with their 38 goals in 13 league games. Rīgas FS are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other previously this match year: Rīgas FS - Sabah 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 13 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals |  I. Diomandé 6 goals |
Sabah missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Sabah | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Scored | S | 39 | 70 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 91% | 58% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 54 | 58 |
| 2 | Riga | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 48 | 58 |
| 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 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Auda | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -4 | 32 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -8 | 28 |
| 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 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 38 | -31 | 23 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -50 | 8 |
