Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Riga & Albatroz 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.
Riga form and stats
Last season, Riga's Latvian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.This stadium, Stadions Skonto, has been a fortress for Riga in the Virsliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-1. Riga has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadions Skonto. We remember; it was Rīgas FS.
A strong away win for Riga against Tukums the last match, as J. Leo, Y. Muritala and Felipe Brisola were on target.
Before that match, a Virsliga win away at Metta / LU.Riga are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadions Skonto in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. From these home matches, Riga have conceded only 7 goals.
Albatroz form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the First Liga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Latvian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Albatroz delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Auda in their previous match; a First Liga game.
Preceding that game was the away Latvian Cup victory against Rezekne / BJSS with the score of 3-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tukums in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Albatroz has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Riga missing players
Albatroz missing players
| Riga | Albatroz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 53 | 31 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 43% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 21% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 7 | ||
| 4.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | ||
| 50% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 64% | ||
| 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 / BSS | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Riga | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -55 | 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 | Auda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Tukums | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Albatroz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Super Nova | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 9 |
| 5 | Smiltene | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grobina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Dinamo Riga | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | JDFS Alberts | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Rezekne / BJSS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 3 |