Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FS Jelgava & Rīgas FS face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Rīgas FS could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Makedonija, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rīgas FS.
FS Jelgava form and stats
Jelgava was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Latvian Cup.FS Jelgava have played 12 Virsliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
FS Jelgava drew their last game, also a home match. Super Nova was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rīgas FS (0-1).FS Jelgava have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Zemgales Olimpiskā centra with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Jelgava have conceded 18 from these games.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS was sent out of Latvian Cup in the final last season.Rīgas FS's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Rīgas FS collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Virsliga. 6 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
Two away games in a row for Rīgas FS, whose coach Morozs could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Makedonija.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Liepaja.As mentioned earlier, Rīgas will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 14 wins (14 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 0 surprising defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rīgas FS are hosting Makedonija in the Europa Conference League only four days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 33 goals in 12 league games away this season. Rīgas are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero FS Jelgava victories, zero draws and three Rīgas FS wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Ilić with 3 goals scored against FS Jelgava in these 3 games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 13 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals |  V. Uchechukwu Osuagwu 5 goals |
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| FS Jelgava | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 37 | 57 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 47% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 54% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Riga | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 55 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 44 | 52 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | FS Jelgava | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -48 | 8 |
