Tukums and Smiltene are both riding high in the First Liga with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Smiltene have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-2-2 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Tukums form and stats
Tukums, who have the most scored goals (51) in First Liga, have been outstanding at home so far with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Tukums has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Balvu defeat. After failing to beat Balvu here at Tukuma pilsētas stadions, Tukums has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with nine wins in a row.Tukums drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rēzekne / BJSS. Ahead of that match, Tukums won a home game hosting Ventspils (4-1).
Tukums always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Tukuma pilsētas stadions with 37 goals in 7 games. Tukums have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Smiltene form and stats
As the visiting team Smiltene have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Smiltene's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Super Nova game.The manager R. Dūmiņš was unhappy after their last game, a Latvian Cup match played at their home ground Tukuma pilsētas stadions. Smiltene suffered a 0-4 loss to Liepaja. Preceding that game was the away First Liga victory against Dinamo Rīga / Staicele with the score of 4-0.
Smiltene create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game on their own, having scored 14 goals in 5 travels. Smiltene have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Smiltene - Tukums 2-5. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tukums won 6, Smiltene won 4 and 0 draws. 8 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
Tukums missing players
Smiltene missing players
| Tukums | Smiltene | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Played | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 | 37 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 86% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 71% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 67% | 86% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 3.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 6 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 5 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Smiltene's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Smiltene have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Smiltene haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tukums have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tukums have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tukums have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Smiltene have scored away.
- Tukums have scored in all their matches so far.
- Tukums have won all their home matches so far.
- Tukums have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Tukums have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Tukums haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 15-06-19 | | Auda | 1 - 5 | Tukums |
| 29-06-19 | | Tukums | 9 - 1 | Krimulda |
| 06-07-19 | | Tukums | 1 - 0 | New Project |
| 14-07-19 | | Tukums | 4 - 1 | Ventspils |
| 20-07-19 | | Rēzekne / BJSS | 1 - 1 | Tukums |
| 27-07-19 | | Tukums | 14:00 | Smiltene |
| 03-08-19 | | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele | 16:00 | Tukums |
| 10-08-19 | | Tukums | 14:00 | Super Nova |
| 17-08-19 | | Auda | 12:00 | Tukums |
| 24-08-19 | | JDFS Alberts | 14:00 | Tukums |
| 08-06-19 | | Auda | 1 - 2 | Smiltene |
| 21-06-19 | | Smiltene | 3 - 0 | Ghetto |
| 29-06-19 | | Livani | 0 - 7 | Smiltene |
| 06-07-19 | | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele | 0 - 4 | Smiltene |
| 14-07-19 | | Smiltene | 0 - 4 | Liepaja |
| 27-07-19 | | Tukums | 14:00 | Smiltene |
| 03-08-19 | | JDFS Alberts | 14:00 | Smiltene |
| 10-08-19 | | Grobiņa | 13:00 | Smiltene |
| 17-08-19 | | Smiltene | 13:00 | Balvu |
| 24-08-19 | | New Project | 12:00 | Smiltene |
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 34 |
| 2 | Smiltene | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Super Nova | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 22 |
| 4 | Auda | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | JDFS Alberts | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | Grobiņa | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 35 | -22 | 9 |
| 8 | New Project | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Dinamo Rīga / Staicele | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | -30 | 3 |
| 10 | Balvu | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 36 | -54 | 3 |