Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rīgas FS & Riga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Virsliga game only four days ago.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning more nervousness and significance.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Rīgas FS are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here. 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Rīgas after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Rīgas travelled for their previous game, a trip to Valmiera / BSS that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against FC Daugavpils / Progress.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rīgas FS have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Virsliga game versus Liepaja in only three days. This game is also played here.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Rīgas has scored 31 goals here in 11 home games. Rīgas FS have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Riga form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Riga playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season. The fact that Riga have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Riga go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Daugavpils / Progress that ended 7-1. As mentioned above, Riga was the only team on the pitch versus FC Daugavpils / Progress in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away Virsliga victory against Noah Jurmala with the score of 3-0.Riga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
Riga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 10 away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Riga in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rīgas six wins, one draw and Riga three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Soisalo 8 goals |  Ž. Lipušček 5 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Riga missing players
| Rīgas FS | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 60 | 38 | Scored | S | 23 | 57 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 53% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Riga | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 44 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 44 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 25 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | -64 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |