Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rīgas FS & Spartaks Jūrmala face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they played a Champions League fixture only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at HJK.
Rīgas FS form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Virsliga games here at Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss for Rīgas FS. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Rīgas goalkeeper Jevgenijs Nerugals is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
The club members are hoping that Rīgas FS will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against HJK.
Before that, Rīgas FS had a Virsliga home game versus FC Daugavpils / Progress which ended with a victory 4-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rīgas, as the Champions League home game vs HJK is only three days away.
The Rīgas FS manager Morozs has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. Rīgas FS have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Spartaks Jūrmala have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Virsliga, after 2-1-6 (9 played).
Two away games in a row for Spartaks, whose manager Łagożny could celebrate last time after the win against Valmiera / BSS.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Rīgas FS.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Spartaks Jūrmala manager Łagożny as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tukums.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Spartaks Jūrmala have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Rīgas won eight, Spartaks Jūrmala triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 12 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 6 goals | P. Mareš 5 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
| Rīgas FS | Spartaks Jūrmala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 55 | 23 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Rīgas 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 | Liepaja | 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 Jūrmala | 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 |
