Only a few games have been played in the First Liga so far, with Balvu placed 10th and New Project sitting in the 7th position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Balvu form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here at Rugāju stadions. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 8 losses from Balvu's eleven home games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Balvu with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Tukums game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.In their previous game, led his Balvu to a defeat in the First Liga match away at Auda. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rugāju stadions. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-9 away at Grobina.
Balvu has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game.
New Project form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.New Project are travelling after their nice 6-0 home win in the First Liga against Grobina. A 1-2 loss hosting Tukums before that.
It's early days yet, but New Project has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Balvu missing players
New Project missing players
| Balvu | New Project | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 29 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balvu
| 13-10-18 | | Balvu | 2 - 0 | Staiceles Bebri |
| 06-04-19 | | Tukums | 11 - 0 | Balvu |
| 13-04-19 | | Balvu | 1 - 3 | JDFS Alberts |
| 20-04-19 | | Grobina | 9 - 1 | Balvu |
| 27-04-19 | | Auda | 6 - 2 | Balvu |
| 04-05-19 | | Balvu | 12:00 | New Project |
| 11-05-19 | | Rezekne / BJSS | 13:00 | Balvu |
| 18-05-19 | | Balvu | 15:00 | Smiltene |
| 25-05-19 | | Dinamo Riga / Staicele | 15:00 | Balvu |
| 01-06-19 | | Balvu | 14:00 | Super Nova |
New Project
| 06-04-19 | | Super Nova | 1 - 0 | New Project |
| 13-04-19 | | New Project | 1 - 2 | Tukums |
| 27-04-19 | | New Project | 6 - 0 | Grobina |
| 04-05-19 | | Balvu | 12:00 | New Project |
| 11-05-19 | | Auda | 11:00 | New Project |
| 18-05-19 | | New Project | 11:00 | Rezekne / BJSS |
| 25-05-19 | | Smiltene | 13:00 | New Project |
| 01-06-19 | | New Project | 14:00 | Dinamo Riga / Staicele |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Tukums | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 12 |
| 2 | Super Nova | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Auda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Smiltene | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | New Project | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | JDFS Alberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| 10 | Balvu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | -25 | 0 |
