National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Salaspils or Metta / LU that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Salaspils form and stats
Salaspils participated in Latvian Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Three First Liga home games done for Salaspils, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Happy days for Salaspils in their previous game, a fixture away at Rezekne / BJSS that ended with a 3-1 victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in López, having scored in five consecutive games.
Salaspils has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches.
Metta / LU form and stats
Metta / LU's mission in Latvian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Metta / LU's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Virsliga. Metta / LU only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
The attacking players of Metta have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 226 minutes.
Metta / LU are travelling again after losing away to Tukums in their previous match (0-2).
A loss against Auda was the result prior to that, in a Virsliga home game.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Metta / LU, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Puzirevskis 5 goals | B. Melnis 4 goals | L. Vapne 2 goals |
Salaspils missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| Salaspils | Metta / LU | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 64 | 29 | Conceded | C | 29 | 56 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 16.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| 2 | Riga FC II | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 25 |
| 3 | Valmiera II | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 5 | Skanste | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Rigas FS II | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Dinamo Riga | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Salaspils | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 9 | JDFS Alberts | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Smiltene | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -15 | 8 |
| 11 | Rezekne / BJSS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -13 | 7 |
| 13 | Tukums II | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 14 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -21 | 2 |
| 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 |
