The league table in First Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Lokomotiv Daugavpils leading Smiltene by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Daugavpils saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Latvian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ventspils, was also a home game here at Stadions Celtnieks. The away team is better rested.
Lokomotiv Daugavpils form and stats
Lokomotiv Daugavpils, who have the most scored goals (32) in First Liga, have collected 12 points from their First Liga home games so far after 4-0-0.
Heartbreak before that as Daugavpils lost 1-3 at Auda's place.
As you see from the result above, Daugavpils suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Goals are plentiful at Stadions Celtnieks in the league this season as Lokomotiv Daugavpils has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Daugavpils have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Smiltene form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (29) in First Liga, on their First Liga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Smiltene are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Smiltene concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Smiltene - Daugavpils 1-6 played earlier this season.Lokomotiv Daugavpils missing players
Smiltene missing players
| Lokomotiv Daugavpils | Smiltene | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 48 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 83% | 70% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 43% |
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils has the most clean sheets (5) in First Liga
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils has the most matches over the total-line (6) in First Liga
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils has the most scored goals (32) in First Liga
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in First Liga
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils has the the best goal difference (+24) in First Liga
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils have scored more than double the goals of Smiltene.
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lokomotiv Daugavpils haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Smiltene has the most conceded goals (29) in First Liga
- Smiltene has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in First Liga
- Smiltene have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Smiltene haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 25 |
| 2 | Auda | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Grobina | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 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 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 15 |
| 5 | Super Nova | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 7 | Dinamo Riga | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Smiltene | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 9 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -17 | 3 |