It's game two of the First Liga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of JDFS Alberts-Smiltene!
JDFS Alberts and Smiltene 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.
JDFS Alberts form and stats
Last season, JDFS Alberts's league statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the First Liga. Over these twelve matches they scored 11 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season JDFS Alberts managed 5-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 9 conceded.
Alberts are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 225 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by R. Sauers).
No payout for Alberts in their previous match, an away game at Grobiņa that ended in defeat 0-3.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Grobiņa (0-2).Smiltene form and stats
Let's have a look at how Smiltene performed last season in the First Liga: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 0 and lost 5 with 9/23 goals scored/conceded.
Smiltene won their last game, 5-0 versus Saldus SS/Leevon played at home. As mentioned above, Smiltene was the only team on the pitch versus Saldus SS/Leevon in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Dinamo Riga's place.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): JDFS Alberts three wins, three draws and Smiltene four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.JDFS Alberts missing players
Smiltene missing players
| JDFS Alberts | Smiltene | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| JDFS Alberts | Last season | Smiltene | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 77% | ||
| 17% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 46% | ||
| 42% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 77% | ||
| 25% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 15% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| 77% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 129% | 229% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Smiltene | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Grobiņa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Auda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Tukums | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Albatroz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dinamo Riga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rezekne / BJSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Super Nova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | JDFS Alberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 31 |
| 2 | Auda | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Grobiņa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 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 | JDFS Alberts | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 5 | Dinamo Riga | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Super Nova | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Rezekne / BJSS | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 8 | Smiltene | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 11 |
| 9 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 4 |