Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Liepāja & Ventspils face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Liepāja nor Ventspils as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
9 - 5 - 8 with 30-29. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Ventspils when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Ventspils play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Liepāja form and stats
Last season, Liepāja's Latvian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Virsliga, Liepāja have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. This match is a Latvian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Liepāja fans got no joy from their last match, a Virsliga game also here at Olimpiskā centra Ventspils Stadionā: A 0-1 defeat against Spartaks Jurmala. Before that, Liepāja had a Latvian Cup home game versus Valmiera / BSS which ended with a victory 2-0.
A decent goal production from Liepāja in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Liepāja have conceded 18 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ventspils form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Total Latvian Cup statistics for Ventspils: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Ventspils have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kostyantyn Makhnovskiy. It's been 186 minutes since they last conceded in Virsliga.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FC Daugavpils / Progress in their previous outing. The Virsliga match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jelgava at their stadium, the result 5-0.
Ventspils find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Ventspils in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Liepāja wins - draws - Ventspils wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Kozlov 12 goals |  L. Hilario Dodo 9 goals |  A. Karašausks 8 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Ventspils missing players
| Liepāja | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 268 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 116 | 237 | ||
| 122 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 95 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 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 | Riga | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 34 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -31 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 20 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -28 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -40 | 14 |