The league table in First Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Super Nova leading Balvu by 28 points. Match preview to follow:
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!
Super Nova form and stats
Super Nova, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in First Liga, have been very solid at home in the First Liga so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table.
Happy days for Super Nova in their previous game, a First Liga match away at Grobiņa that ended with a 7-0 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting JDFS Alberts and winning 7-2.
Super Nova have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olaines stadions with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively Super Nova have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Balvu form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Balvu, who have the most conceded goals (81) in First Liga, so far with only 0 First Liga points returning home. The records show 0-0-7 (win-draw-lose). The manager is not happy with the away performances in the First Liga so far, as all 7 matches have been lost. Balvu are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the New Project fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of Balvu, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Liga home defeat versus Dinamo Riga / Staicele with 2-4 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Balvu manager faced defeat when travelling to Smiltene and losing 1-7.
The attacking power of Balvu when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. There are big problems for the Balvu defense as they have conceded 45 goals in 7 away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Balvu - Super Nova 0-10 earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Super Nova, 0 draws and 0 wins for Balvu. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.Super Nova missing players
Balvu missing players
| Super Nova | Balvu | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Played | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 47 | 11 | 6 | Scored | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 18 | 45 | 81 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 44% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 100% | 71% | 56% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Balvu's away 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 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Balvu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Super Nova have created more than twice as many corners as Balvu.
- Super Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Super Nova have scored more than double the goals of Balvu.
- Super Nova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Super Nova have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Super Nova haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 27-07-19 | | Dinamo Riga / Staicele | 0 - 3 | Super Nova |
| 03-08-19 | | Auda | 3 - 1 | Super Nova |
| 10-08-19 | | Tukums | 2 - 1 | Super Nova |
| 17-08-19 | | JDFS Alberts | 2 - 7 | Super Nova |
| 25-08-19 | | Grobiņa | 0 - 7 | Super Nova |
| 07-09-19 | | Super Nova | 15:30 | Balvu |
| 14-09-19 | | Super Nova | 15:00 | New Project |
| 21-09-19 | | Rēzekne / BJSS | 12:00 | Super Nova |
| 29-09-19 | | Super Nova | 12:00 | Smiltene |
| 05-10-19 | | Super Nova | 13:00 | Dinamo Riga / Staicele |
| 27-07-19 | | Balvu | 1 - 2 | Auda |
| 04-08-19 | | New Project | 2 - 1 | Balvu |
| 10-08-19 | | Balvu | 0 - 2 | Rēzekne / BJSS |
| 17-08-19 | | Smiltene | 7 - 1 | Balvu |
| 24-08-19 | | Balvu | 2 - 4 | Dinamo Riga / Staicele |
| 07-09-19 | | Super Nova | 15:30 | Balvu |
| 14-09-19 | | Tukums | 14:00 | Balvu |
| 21-09-19 | | Balvu | 11:00 | JDFS Alberts |
| 28-09-19 | | Grobiņa | 12:00 | Balvu |
| 05-10-19 | | Auda | 11:00 | 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 61 | 47 |
| 2 | Smiltene | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Super Nova | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 34 | 31 |
| 4 | Auda | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | JDFS Alberts | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 27 |
| 7 | Grobiņa | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 42 | -24 | 21 |
| 8 | New Project | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -16 | 11 |
| 9 | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -27 | 10 |
| 10 | Balvu | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 45 | -68 | 3 |