National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's PPK or Riga that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
PPK form and stats
Last season, PPK's Latvian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.PPK are returning here after guesting RFS akademija in a Latvian Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that game, a home win hosting Saldus SS/Leevon in the Latvian Cup.
Riga form and stats
Riga's mission in Latvian Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Virsliga.
The supporters enjoyed Riga's previous fixture versus Vikingur Reykjavik, a Europa Conference League win (2-0) played at home.
Before that, Riga secured a home win against Auda with the score 1-0.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Riga given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 16 matches with 12 wins as expected, 3 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 11 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa Conference League trip to Vikingur Reykjavik.
The Riga manager Stipić has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. Riga are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {4 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
PPK missing players
Riga missing players
| PPK | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 1 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 26 | 57 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 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 / BSS | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 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 / Progress | 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 |
