National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Riga or Saldus SS/Leevon that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dinamo Riga form and stats
Dinamo have reached this Latvian Cup stage through battling and winning against Kengaroos. Dinamo was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Latvian Cup.When playing at home in the First Liga, Dinamo Riga have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.
The Dinamo fans got no joy from their last match, a First Liga game also here at RTU stadions: A 0-2 defeat against Auda.
Before that match, a Latvian Cup win away at Kengaroos.Dinamo Riga has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Saldus SS/Leevon form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Jurnieks in order to reach play-off round of Latvian Cup. SS/Leevon's mission in Latvian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.It's not happening yet for Saldus SS/Leevon on their First Liga travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for SS/Leevon, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Grobina game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
A. Lazdins was the last player to score for the away team. SS/Leevon haven't scored a league goal in the last 355 minutes.
Two away games in a row for SS/Leevon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Rēzekne / BJSS in the First Liga.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Jurnieks.Saldus SS/Leevon have the goal stats of 0-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Dinamo Riga missing players
Saldus SS/Leevon missing players
| Dinamo Riga | Saldus SS/Leevon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 90% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 71% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 57% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 33% | 11% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 67% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 20% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Auda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Tukums | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Super Nova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Albatroz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Grobina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinamo Riga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | JDFS Alberts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 |