Grobiņa vs Smiltene: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Latvia First Liga
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grobiņas stadionā (1000 seats)

The visiting Smiltene side should be favourites in this visit to Grobiņa, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Smiltene play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Smiltene when playing on grass are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 23 times in these games.

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Grobiņa form and stats

Grobiņa have performed well here at Grobiņas stadionā so far this season with 4 wins from 6 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Grobiņa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Grobiņa's previous game was a First Liga match also played at home, ending 6-2 versus Rēzekne / BJSS. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Grobiņa had a home game versus New Project which ended with a victory 3-1.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Grobiņa is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grobiņa defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Smiltene form and stats

Smiltene's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Smiltene collect 15 points from their 7 away matches. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Two travels in a row for Smiltene, whose manager R. Dūmiņš could celebrate last time after the First Liga win against JDFS Alberts. Prior to that match, the Smiltene manager R. Dūmiņš faced defeat when travelling to Tukums and losing 0-5.

The Smiltene manager R. Dūmiņš has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 matches. In the opposite end, Smiltene have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Smiltene - Grobiņa 6-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 2 - 0 - 3 (Grobiņa wins - draws - Smiltene wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grobiņa missing players

Smiltene missing players

Grobiņa Smiltene
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played 2 7 14
6 4 0 Won 2 5 9
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 2
8 2 1 Lost 0 2 3
31 23 1 Scored 10 17 39
45 9 2 Conceded 1 13 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 67% 0% Over 3.5 100% 57% 71%
50% 33% 0% Over 4.5 50% 43% 43%
71% 100% 100% BTTS 50% 57% 71%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 14% 14%
29% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 29% 14%
 
3.2 6 14 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
3.5 4.8 1 Corners Against (avg) 0 1.8 1.2
1.2 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.2 0.8
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Grobiņa's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Smiltene's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Grobiņa have created more than twice as many corners as Smiltene.
  • Grobiņa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Grobiņa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grobiņa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grobiņa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Grobiņa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Smiltene haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Grobiņa
29-06-19 LC Grobiņa 2 - 4 JDFS Alberts
06-07-19 FL Grobiņa 1 - 2 Auda
20-07-19 FL Balvu 1 - 3 Grobiņa
27-07-19 FL Grobiņa 3 - 1 New Project
03-08-19 FL Grobiņa 6 - 2 Rēzekne / BJSS
10-08-19 FL Grobiņa 13:00 Smiltene
17-08-19 FL Dinamo Rīga / Staicele 15:00 Grobiņa
25-08-19 FL Grobiņa 13:00 Super Nova
07-09-19 FL Grobiņa 12:00 Tukums
14-09-19 FL JDFS Alberts 12:00 Grobiņa
Smiltene
06-07-19 FL Dinamo Rīga / Staicele 0 - 4 Smiltene
14-07-19 LC Smiltene 0 - 4 Liepaja
20-07-19 FL Smiltene 3 - 1 Super Nova
27-07-19 FL Tukums 5 - 0 Smiltene
03-08-19 FL JDFS Alberts 2 - 3 Smiltene
10-08-19 FL Grobiņa 13:00 Smiltene
17-08-19 FL Smiltene 13:00 Balvu
24-08-19 FL New Project 12:00 Smiltene
07-09-19 FL Smiltene 13:00 Rēzekne / BJSS
14-09-19 FL Smiltene 11:00 Auda

  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 14 12 2 0 56 5 8 8 0 0 42 1 6 4 2 0 14 4 51 38
2 Smiltene 14 9 2 3 39 27 7 4 2 1 22 14 7 5 0 2 17 13 12 29
3 Auda 14 8 2 4 31 20 7 5 1 1 23 8 7 3 1 3 8 12 11 26
4 Super Nova 13 8 1 4 32 9 6 5 0 1 11 1 7 3 1 3 21 8 23 25
5 JDFS Alberts 13 8 1 4 28 22 6 4 0 2 15 9 7 4 1 2 13 13 6 25
6 Rēzekne / BJSS 13 5 3 5 26 23 6 4 1 1 19 4 7 1 2 4 7 19 3 18
7 Grobiņa 14 6 0 8 31 45 6 4 0 2 23 9 8 2 0 6 8 36 -14 18
8 New Project 14 3 2 9 19 20 7 3 2 2 14 6 7 0 0 7 5 14 -1 11
9 Dinamo Rīga / Staicele 14 1 1 12 9 42 8 1 1 6 6 18 6 0 0 6 3 24 -33 4
10 Balvu 13 1 0 12 10 68 7 1 0 6 6 30 6 0 0 6 4 38 -58 3