Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Riga & Valmiera face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Only a few days to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Europa Conference League game only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Derry City.
Riga form and stats
Riga participated in Latvian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadions Skonto as Riga have scored 17 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Virsliga are 8-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Kaplienko (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for Riga and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Riga haven't scored in 190 minutes.
Riga are returning here after visiting Derry City in a Europa Conference League match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Liepāja that finished 0-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa Conference League game versus Derry City in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadions Skonto.
Riga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadions Skonto with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively Riga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Valmiera form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Valmiera have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 10 Virsliga games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far.
Valmiera have a lot to prove after their unpredictable loss (1-2) to Spartaks Jurmala in their previous outing, played at their own home ground.
Preceding that game was the away Virsliga victory against Riga with the score of 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Valmiera playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Valmiera win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The Valmiera manager Kalns has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 10 league matches. It's not easy to score on Valmiera as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Riga wins - draws - Valmiera wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Krollis 12 goals |  C. Mena Márquez 8 goals |  G. Ramos da Penha 7 goals |
Riga missing players
Valmiera missing players
| Riga | Valmiera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 33 | 56 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 15.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 8.1 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | Riga | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Auda | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -22 | 17 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -24 | 13 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -31 | 5 |
