Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Smiltene & Beitar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Smiltene and Beitar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Smiltene form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Latvian Cup for Smiltene, as the manager Dūmiņš led his troops to eliminate Upesciema Warriors, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the play-off round.2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Smiltene have to build on here at Tepera stadions in the First Liga.
Smiltene are returning here after guesting Upesciema Warriors in a Latvian Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a First Liga home match hosting Rezekne / BJSS in a game that was won 5-1.The Smiltene manager Dūmiņš has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Smiltene have conceded 7 from these games.
Beitar form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lielupe in order to reach 3rd round of Latvian Cup. Beitar's mission in Latvian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Beitar have only collected 4 points from their away games in the First Liga, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
The supporters enjoyed Beitar's previous fixture versus Lielupe, a Latvian Cup win (5-3) played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Saldus SS/Leevon at their stadium, the result 3-2.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Beitar can't defend away. 22 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Smiltene missing players
Beitar missing players
| Smiltene | Beitar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | ||
| 79 | 33 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 83% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 58% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 71% | 50% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 48% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 67% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skanste | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Rigas FS II | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 |
| 3 | Riga FC II | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | JDFS Alberts | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 15 |
| 7 | Smiltene | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Progress / AFA Olaine | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Tukums II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Valmiera II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | JFK Ventspils | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Beitar | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -17 | 7 |
| 13 | Rezekne / BJSS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | -25 | 3 |
| 14 | Dinamo Riga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -24 | 1 |
