Europa League betting and spectator preview: Partizan and Rīgas FS meet at Stadion Partizana to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It should be mentioned that Rīgas FS play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Rīgas FS on grass are 11 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 20 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 37-21. You can compare this with overall results below.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Partizan form and stats
Partizan was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Perfect Super Liga season at home so far for Partizan 2 wins from 2 appearances. Partizan has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Partizana. We remember; it was Napredak.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic not having conceded a league goal in 282 minutes.
The Partizan supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Inija in Super Liga and win 5-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Radnik Surdulica and winning 2-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Partizan played a great game against Inija and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Takuma Asano was absolutely essential when Partizan beat Inija 5-0, scoring three goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Partizan as they are travelling to their away game against Vojvodina in the Super Liga. That match is one day after this one.
Partizan has scored 9 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.Rīgas FS have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. The fact that Rīgas have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Rīgas go into this game after a win, the home game against Metta / LU that ended 5-1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs FC Daugavpils / Progress.
As you can tell from the results above, Rīgas was very dominant against Metta / LU, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Ž. Lipušček (2), J. Ikaunieks, V. Sorokins and A. Solovjovs providing the goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rīgas manager V. Morozs as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Riga.
Rīgas are a potent attacking force on the road with their 23 goals in 8 league games. 8 goals have been conceded by Rīgas in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Santana Deocleciano 8 goals |   T. Asano 6 goals | Ž. Lipušček 5 goals |
Partizan missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Partizan | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 39 | Scored | S | 34 | 59 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 8% | ||
| 7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 333 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 211 | ||
| 173 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 112 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Cukaricki | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | Partizan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | Spartak Subotica | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Mladost Lucani | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Javor Ivanjica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Radnicki Nis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Bačka Topola | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Proleter Novi Sad | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Metalac GM | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Vozdovac | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Radnik Surdulica | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | Macva Sabac | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Napredak | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Inija | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Backa Palanka | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Rad Beograd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| 20 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 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 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 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 | Liepaja | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Jelgava | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
| 10 | Tukums | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -27 | 4 |