National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grobiņa or Smiltene that keep their silverware dream alive.
Grobiņa's stadium, Grobiņas stadionā, has a grass surface. Smiltene have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Smiltene when playing on grass; 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from nine matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 20.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grobiņa and Smiltene.
Grobiņa form and stats
Action has already taken place for Grobiņa in Latvian Cup as they have defeated Progress / AFA Olaine to reach the Play-off Round. Grobiņa participated in Latvian Cup the last season, where they reached the play-off round.When playing at home in the First Liga, Grobiņa have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The Grobiņa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the First Liga.
Grobiņa are returning here after visiting Smiltene and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Grobiņa played a great game against Smiltene and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Grobiņa is on fire here. A stunning 18 from 5 league matches.
Smiltene form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Marupe in order to reach play-off round of Latvian Cup. Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in First Liga matches, Smiltene have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.
Smiltene aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. Jansons was the last player to find the net.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Grobiņa with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Grobiņa was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The attacking power of Smiltene when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. The Smiltene manager Dūmiņš has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Grobiņa won three games, one match ended with a draw and Smiltene managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoGrobiņa missing players
Smiltene missing players
| Grobiņa | Smiltene | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 56 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 45 | 74 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | ||
| 52% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 67% | ||
| 6.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FS Jelgava | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| 2 | Valmiera II | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 24 |
| 3 | Riga FC II | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 5 | Rigas FS II | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Skanste | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | JDFS Alberts | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Dinamo Riga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Salaspils | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 10 |
| 10 | Smiltene | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 11 | Rezekne / BJSS | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -17 | 4 |
| 13 | Tukums II | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -22 | 4 |
| 14 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
