Ventspils and Dinamo-Auto get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Dinamo-Auto's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Dinamo-Auto have performed like this: Played eleven matches resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 14-22 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dinamo-Auto, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Ventspils form and stats
Ventspils participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.Ventspils are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Ventspils's previous game was a Virsliga match also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Jelgava. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Ventspils played out a Virsliga draw 1-1 when visiting Liepaja.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ventspils played a great game against Jelgava and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Ventspils manager V. Frunză has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Ventspils have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dinamo-Auto form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their National Division travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Dinamo-Auto seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Dinamo-Auto lost away at Milsami (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Zimbru in the National Division.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dinamo-Auto as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Dinamo-Auto are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Kozlov 6 goals | K. Svarups 4 goals |  M. Mihaliov 4 goals |
Ventspils missing players
Dinamo-Auto missing players
| Ventspils | Dinamo-Auto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 254 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 151 | ||
| 87 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 56 | ||
| 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 50% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 37 |
| 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 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 |
| 3 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Milsami | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Floresti | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | -27 | 0 |