National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Progress / AFA Olaine or Grobiņa that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Grobiņa 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 3-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Progress / AFA Olaine form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Three First Liga home games done for Progress / AFA Olaine, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches.
Progress / AFA Olaine are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Rigas FS II.
Preceding that match was a First Liga defeat to Valmiera II (0-9).Progress / AFA Olaine have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olaines stadions with 5 goals in 3 league matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Progress have let the opposition score 16 times, an average of more than three per game.
Grobiņa form and stats
Grobiņa was sent out of Latvian Cup in the play-off round last season.It's gone fairly well in the First Liga away games so far for Grobiņa with six points collected from three matches.
The Grobiņa goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 219 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Grobiņa are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against JDFS Alberts. González has found the net for the away side four games in a row. The ability!
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dinamo Riga at their stadium, the result 3-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grobiņa has managed 6 goals and let in 6 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings involving these sides: Progress / AFA Olaine won one, Grobiņa triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Progress / AFA Olaine missing players
Grobiņa missing players
| Progress / AFA Olaine | Grobiņa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 45% | ||
| 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 6.3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 II | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 24 |
| 2 | FS Jelgava | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 24 |
| 3 | Riga FC II | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 19 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 | Skanste | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Rigas FS II | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | JDFS Alberts | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Salaspils | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 10 |
| 9 | Smiltene | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Riga | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 11 | Rezekne / BJSS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | Tukums II | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
| 13 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -17 | 3 |
| 14 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 1 |
