Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Grobiņa & Progress / AFA Olaine face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that Progress / AFA Olaine play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Progress / AFA Olaine on grass are 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from five games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-14. You can compare this with overall results below.
Grobiņa and Progress / AFA Olaine should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Grobiņa form and stats
Action has already taken place for Grobiņa in Latvian Cup as they have defeated SK Cesis to reach the 3rd Round. Grobiņa was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Latvian Cup.5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Grobiņa have to build on here at Stadions Daugava in the First Liga.
Grobiņa are returning here after visiting SK Cesis in a Latvian Cup match and winning with a 7-0 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Skanste (1-2).Grobiņa are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games).
Progress / AFA Olaine form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated JFK Ventspils in order to reach 3rd round of Latvian Cup. Progress was sent out of Latvian Cup in the 2nd round last season.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Progress / AFA Olaine playing as the away team in the First Liga this season.
Progress / AFA Olaine are looking to quickly end their 206 minutes long goal drought in the First Liga.
The club members enjoyed Progress / AFA Olaine's previous game versus JFK Ventspils, a Latvian Cup win (4-0) played at home.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Riga FC II.Goals are few and far between in Progress's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels. Progress / AFA Olaine struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Grobiņa victories, zero draws and two Progress / AFA Olaine wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Grobiņa missing players
Progress / AFA Olaine missing players
| Grobiņa | Progress / AFA Olaine | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 78 | 47 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 51 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 87% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 67% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skanste | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Rigas FS II | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 |
| 3 | Riga FC II | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | JDFS Alberts | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 15 |
| 7 | Smiltene | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Tukums II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Valmiera II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | JFK Ventspils | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Beitar | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -17 | 7 |
| 13 | Rezekne / BJSS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | -25 | 3 |
| 14 | Dinamo Riga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -24 | 1 |
