Grobiņa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind JDFS Alberts.
Grobiņa and JDFS Alberts should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It should be mentioned that JDFS Alberts 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 JDFS Alberts on grass are 9 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-29. You can compare this with overall results below.
Grobiņa form and stats
Grobiņa have collected 11 points from their First Liga home games so far after 3-2-0.
The Grobiņa fans got no joy from their last match, a Latvian Cup game also here at Grobiņas stadionā: A 2-5 defeat against Spartaks Jurmala (after extra-time). Preceding that game was the away draw at Saldus SS/Leevon that finished 0-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
It's goals goals goals for Grobiņa who have scored 17 goals from 5 league home games. Grobiņa have conceded 7 in these home matches.
JDFS Alberts form and stats
The First Liga season is young and JDFS Alberts have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Alberts, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Before that, JDFS Alberts travelled to Smiltene and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Alberts are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Alberts have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Alberts have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the JDFS Alberts - Grobiņa 2-1 earlier this season. Grobiņa-JDFS Alberts H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Grobiņa two wins, JDFS Alberts six wins, one draw. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Grobiņa missing players
JDFS Alberts missing players
| Grobiņa | JDFS Alberts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 73% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 40% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 45% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | 19 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 26 | 10 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 31% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 46% |
- All of Grobiņa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of JDFS Alberts's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Grobiņa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Grobiņa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Grobiņa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grobiņa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grobiņa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as JDFS Alberts have scored away.
- Grobiņa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Grobiņa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- JDFS Alberts has the most matches under the total-line (5) in First Liga
- JDFS Alberts have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Daugavpils | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Auda | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | JDFS Alberts | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 18 |
| 4 | Dinamo Riga / Staicele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Super Nova | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Dinamo Riga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Rezekne / BJSS | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 13 |
| 8 | Smiltene | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 10 |
| 9 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -18 | 3 |