Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Liepāja & FC Daugavpils / Progress face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Liepāja form and stats
Last season, Liepāja's Latvian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Liepāja have collected 12 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 3-3-3. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Liepāja are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadions Daugava.
Liepāja are returning here after visiting FC Daugavpils / Progress in a Virsliga game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. I. Stuglis, E. Berezkin (2) and V. Gorbachik scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Spartaks Jurmala.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Liepāja played a great game against FC Daugavpils / Progress and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Virsliga game versus Metta / LU in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadions Daugava.
Liepāja have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadions Daugava with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Daugavpils / Progress so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
FC Daugavpils / Progress's previous game was their home loss versus Liepāja (0-4). Ahead of that match was the Virsliga away draw versus Spartaks Jurmala that ended 3-3.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Liepāja was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the FC Daugavpils / Progress manager A. Gorshkov as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Jelgava.
Daugavpils has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Daugavpils have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Liepāja-FC Daugavpils / Progress H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Liepāja five wins, FC Daugavpils / Progress four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Karašausks 8 goals |  R. Friday 6 goals | L. Hilario Dodo 6 goals |
Liepāja missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Liepāja | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 248 | 115 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 208 | ||
| 116 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 81 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 35 | 47 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 16 |
| 9 | Jelgava | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -26 | 15 |
| 10 | Tukums | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -38 | 5 |