National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Liepāja or Valmiera / BSS that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Liepāja form and stats
The complete Virsliga stats at home this season for Liepāja are 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 256 minutes.
Happy days for Liepāja in their previous game, a Virsliga match away at Metta / LU that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Before that, Liepāja had a Virsliga home game versus Spartaks Jurmala which ended with a victory 3-0.Liepāja are traveling soon after this match as the Virsliga match at Rigas FS awaits in three days.
The Liepāja fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Liepāja have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.6-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Valmiera / BSS in their Virsliga matches away. Momentum is building for Valmiera / BSS in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Valmiera's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rigas FS that finished 1-1. The draw against Rigas FS came from a losing position. The Valmiera manager T. Pertia brought on D. Gueye as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Valmiera secured a home win against Dinamo Riga with the score 5-0.Valmiera are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. Valmiera have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Liepāja victories, two draws and five Valmiera / BSS wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sow 11 goals |  R. Krollis 8 goals | D. Gueye 6 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Valmiera / BSS missing players
| Liepāja | Valmiera / BSS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Riga | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 44 |
| 3 | Rigas FS | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 44 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 25 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | -64 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |