National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rīgas FS or Auda that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Liga game only three days ago.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.24 points is a decent return from 10 Virsliga games here for Rīgas FS. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
A strong away win for Rīgas against Skanste the last match, as R. Varslavāns (2) were on target.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Metta / LU.Rīgas are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 10 games). Rīgas FS's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Auda form and stats
Auda was sent out of Latvian Cup in the 8th finals last season.Things could have gone better for Auda in their First Liga away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. When we have look at the Latvian Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Auda as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Auda goalkeeper Ilja Isajevs is eager to challenge this, with his 492 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Auda had fun at their own home last time out, beating Saldus SS/Leevon 2-0.
Before that, Auda travelled to Albatroz and returned home with a draw after the First Liga game finished 0-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Auda have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Auda's manager S. Kožans has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rīgas-Auda H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rīgas FS five wins, Auda three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Lemajić 5 goals | Ž. Lipušček 5 goals | T. Šarić 4 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Auda missing players
| Rīgas FS | Auda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 36 | Scored | S | 25 | 61 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 125% | 83% | ||
| 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 |