It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round meeting between Víkingur Reykjavík and Riga. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
13 - 3 - 2 with 41-12. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Riga when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Riga play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Riga have to travel 4200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Latvian Cup. That game was also an away game, at PPK. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Lech Poznan.7-0-1 is the performance here at Víkingsvöllur so far in the Pepsideild, giving Víkingur Reykjavík a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
The followers hope that Víkingur Reykjavík will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against Riga.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Keflavik that finished 3-3.Reykjavík are traveling soon after this match as the Pepsideild match at KR awaits in three days.
Víkingur Reykjavík can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 19 times. Reykjavík are not conceding a lot of goals here at Víkingsvöllur in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Riga form and stats
Riga's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round against Gil Vicente.Riga have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 8-2-1 from 11 games.
Two away games in a row for Riga, whose manager Stipić could celebrate last time after the Latvian Cup win against PPK.
Before that, the victory at home against Víkingur Reykjavík in the Europa Conference League (2-0).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Virsliga trip to Tukums.
Riga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. Riga are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met before this season: Riga - Reykjavík 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 12 goals |  N. Hansen 7 goals | B. Ingason 6 goals |
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
Riga missing players
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 57 | 30 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 50% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 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 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Valur | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 3 | Breidablik | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | FH | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | KR | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 6 | HK | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | IBV | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 17 |
| 8 | KA | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 9 | Stjarnan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Fram | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 12 | Keflavik | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Riga | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 55 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 44 | 52 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | FS Jelgava | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -48 | 8 |
