National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Liepāja or FC Daugavpils / Progress that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Liepāja form and stats
The story so far in the Virsliga for Liepāja at their home stadium (Stadions Daugava) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The home team returns to Stadions Daugava after being equal after 90 minutes with FC Daugavpils / Progress on their last time out; the Virsliga game ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was a Virsliga defeat to Spartaks Jurmala (1-2).Liepāja has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Liepāja have conceded 10 in these home matches.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Virsliga matches, FC Daugavpils / Progress have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but FC Daugavpils / Progress are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
FC Daugavpils / Progress played 1-1 against Liepāja in their previous match.
Prior to that result FC Daugavpils / Progress won their away game at Spartaks Jurmala in the Latvian Cup. The scoreline was 1-0.Daugavpils have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Daugavpils's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Liepāja victories, three draws and three FC Daugavpils / Progress wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Hilario Dodo 4 goals |  A. Karašausks 4 goals |  S. Keita 3 goals |
Liepāja missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Liepāja | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valmiera / BSS | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Riga | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -55 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |