The league table in First Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Smiltene leading Balvu by 26 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
Smiltene form and stats
Smiltene are steadily winning games and points here at Tepera stadions. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.The fans are hoping that Smiltene will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the First Liga game against Grobiņa. In the game before, an away victory match versus JDFS Alberts with a 3-2 scoreline.
It's goals goals goals for Smiltene who have scored 22 goals in 7 home games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Smiltene with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Balvu form and stats
There's been little loot from Balvu's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 6 away games. Balvu, who have the most conceded goals (68) in First Liga, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. Balvu have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 6 away matches played so far. Balvu are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 15 days since they avoided defeat. (The New Project game.) six defeats in a row for Balvu in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tukums.It might be tough going out on the road again for Balvu, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus New Project. A loss against Auda was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Balvu defense as they have conceded 38 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Balvu - Smiltene 1-6, played this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Smiltene, 0 draws and 0 wins for Balvu. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.Smiltene missing players
Balvu missing players
| Smiltene | Balvu | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 39 | 22 | 6 | Scored | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 29 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | 17 | 38 | 68 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 86% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 67% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 13% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Balvu's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Smiltene's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Balvu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Balvu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Balvu have lost all their away matches so far.
- Balvu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Smiltene have created more than twice as many corners as Balvu.
- Smiltene have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Smiltene have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Smiltene have scored more than double the goals of Balvu.
- Smiltene have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Smiltene have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Smiltene haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Smiltene
| 14-07-19 | | Smiltene | 0 - 4 | Liepaja |
| 20-07-19 | | Smiltene | 3 - 1 | Super Nova |
| 27-07-19 | | Tukums | 5 - 0 | Smiltene |
| 03-08-19 | | JDFS Alberts | 2 - 3 | Smiltene |
| 10-08-19 | | Grobiņa | 2 - 0 | Smiltene |
| 17-08-19 | | Smiltene | 13:00 | Balvu |
| 24-08-19 | | New Project | 12:00 | Smiltene |
| 07-09-19 | | Smiltene | 13:00 | Rēzekne / BJSS |
| 14-09-19 | | Smiltene | 11:00 | Auda |
| 21-09-19 | | Smiltene | 11:00 | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele |
Balvu
| 01-06-19 | | Balvu | 0 - 10 | Super Nova |
| 08-06-19 | | Balvu | 0 - 5 | Tukums |
| 20-07-19 | | Balvu | 1 - 3 | Grobiņa |
| 27-07-19 | | Balvu | 1 - 2 | Auda |
| 04-08-19 | | New Project | 2 - 1 | Balvu |
| 17-08-19 | | Smiltene | 13:00 | Balvu |
| 24-08-19 | | Balvu | 13:00 | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele |
| 31-08-19 | | JDFS Alberts | 13:00 | Balvu |
| 07-09-19 | | Super Nova | 15:30 | Balvu |
| 14-09-19 | | Tukums | 14:00 | Balvu |
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 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 | Grobiņa | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 36 | -12 | 21 |
| 7 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 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 |