Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metta / LU & Auda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Metta / LU form and stats
Metta / LU participated in Latvian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Metta / LU have collected 12 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 3-3-4. It's trouble wherever Metta are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
No payout for Metta in their previous match, an away game at Rīgas FS that ended in defeat 1-4.
Before that game, the home loss against Riga with the scoreline 0-1.The Metta / LU manager A. Gluščuks has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. On the other hand, Metta / LU have conceded 13 goals.
Auda form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Auda are still undefeated on their travels in the First Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Auda goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Auda had fun at their own home last time out, beating Caramba/Dinamo Riga 3-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Dinamo Riga.After this away game Auda return home for a First Liga game against Super Nova. That game is only one sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Auda has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Metta / LU won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Auda has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  L. Vapne 7 goals | I. Korotkovs 5 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
Auda missing players
| Metta / LU | Auda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 27 | 60 | ||
| 52 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 7 | 7.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 25% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 93% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rīgas FS | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | Riga | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 18 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -11 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 37 | -62 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Smiltene | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Auda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Tukums | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Super Nova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Albatroz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Grobina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Rēzekne / BJSS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinamo Riga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | JDFS Alberts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 |