National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Metta / LU or Liepāja that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Liepāja have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 12-5-2 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
This promises to be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Metta / LU form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Virsliga, Metta / LU have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
The spoils were shared in Metta / LU's previous game, also at home. Visiting FC Daugavpils travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that, Metta played out a Virsliga draw 1-1 when visiting Tukums.Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Liepāja form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.5-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Liepāja in their Virsliga matches away.
Liepāja delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rigas FS in their previous match.
It was a Virsliga defeat before that one as the away game against Riga wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Liepāja have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. As opposed to that, Liepāja have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Liepāja have managed a sequence of 11 consecutive matches without losing (9-2-0) when playing Metta / LU.Top Goalscorers
  L. Hilario Dodo 11 goals |  M. Correa 5 goals | L. Vapne 4 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Metta / LU | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 23 | 36 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 37% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 175% | 68% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 55 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 44 | 52 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | FS Jelgava | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -48 | 8 |
