National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rīgas FS or Grobiņa that keep their silverware dream alive.
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Grobiņa's usual surface at their own football field. When playing on artifical turf Grobiņa have performed like this: Played eleven matches producing 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 28-20 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rīgas and Grobiņa.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS have collected 25 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 7-4-2.
Rīgas FS's previous fixture was a Latvian Cup game also played at their home, finishing 5-0 versus Grobiņa. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Liepaja.Rīgas FS are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave RTU stadions with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 14 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Rīgas FS has won 13 times, drawn 0 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Rīgas FS has won by at least two goals 12 times when in this position.
Rīgas can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. From these home matches, Rīgas FS have conceded only 12 goals.
Grobiņa form and stats
Grobiņa was sent out of Latvian Cup in the play-off round last season.Playing away, Grobiņa have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Liga this season.
Two away games in a row for Grobiņa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 against Rīgas FS in the Latvian Cup.
Prior to that result Grobiņa won their away game at Rezekne / BJSS in the First Liga. The scoreline was 6-0.Grobiņa are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 32 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 11 wins, 3 draws and 18 defeats. Of the defeats, 16 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. In the opposite end, Grobiņa have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played previously this season: Rīgas FS - Grobiņa 5-0. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Bill with 3 goals scored against Grobiņa in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 14 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 8 goals | K. Friesenbichler 6 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Grobiņa missing players
| Rīgas FS | Grobiņa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 30 | Scored | S | 31 | 70 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 74% | 59% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 75 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 59 | 64 |
| 2 | Riga | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 59 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 35 | 56 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 50 |
| 5 | Auda | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 32 | -28 | 27 |
| 7 | Tukums | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 23 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -29 | 18 |
| 9 | Super Nova | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -35 | 17 |
| 10 | Metta / LU | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 34 | -33 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FS Jelgava | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 45 |
| 2 | Riga FC II | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 36 | 40 |
| 3 | Valmiera II | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 35 | 36 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 30 |
| 5 | Rigas FS II | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | Skanste | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | JDFS Alberts | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Dinamo Riga | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 18 |
| 9 | Salaspils | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 31 | -17 | 17 |
| 10 | Tukums II | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -24 | 14 |
| 11 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Smiltene | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 29 | -32 | 12 |
| 13 | Rezekne / BJSS | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 28 | -33 | 11 |
| 14 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | -20 | 9 |
