Lech Poznań and Valmiera / BSS get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams have little in common geographically as Valmiera / BSS have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Lech Poznań form and stats
Last season, Poznań's Europa League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Genk.It’s been three wins in a row for Poznań here at INEA stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
No payout for Lech Poznań in their previous match, an away game at Zagebie Lubin that ended in defeat 1-2. In the game before, an away victory in the Polish Cup match versus Odra Opole with a 3-1 scoreline.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Lech Poznań have performed as huge favourites like they are today: nine games found in the database showing six Lech Poznań wins, zero draws and three defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Poznań as they have a new game in only three days, a Ekstraklasa match thankfully also at home. Wisla Plock are visiting.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Valmiera / BSS playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Valmiera are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Valmiera's last game was the home draw against Liepaja (1-1). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Spartaks Jurmala.
Nobody expects Valmiera to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won seven, draw zero and lost 13. When defeated, ten matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Valmiera are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. The Valmiera manager T. Pertia has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Arokodare 14 goals | Ē. Punculs 3 goals | K. Kārkliņš 2 goals |
Lech Poznań missing players
Valmiera / BSS missing players
| Lech Poznań | Valmiera / BSS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 33 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 375 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 113 | 208 | ||
| 148 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 92 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zagebie Lubin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Rīgas FS | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Riga | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 15 |
| 8 | Jelgava | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
| 9 | Liepaja | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Tukums | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -27 | 4 |