Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Smiltene & Dinamo Riga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Dinamo Riga when visiting Smiltene as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Smiltene form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Latvian Cup for Smiltene, as the manager R. Dūmiņš led his troops to eliminate Saldus SS/Leevon, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Smiltene's Latvian Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the First Liga numbers at home for Smiltene so far this season. With Smiltene having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager R. Dūmiņš.
Smiltene enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Saldus SS/Leevon's place. The match ended 2-1.
The Smiltene fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Smiltene have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Dinamo Riga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Alberts in order to reach 3rd Round of Latvian Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Liga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. It's a growing despair in Dinamo Riga as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Dinamo are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Dinamo have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 261 minutes ago. M. Petuhovs was the goal scorer.
Dinamo are travelling again after losing away to Lokomotiv Daugavpils in their previous match (0-1).
Dinamo Riga find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Dinamo in these games.
Head 2 Head
Smiltene missing players
Dinamo Riga missing players
| Smiltene | Dinamo Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 36 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | ||
| 54 | 26 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 18% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | ||
| 2.3 | 0.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 6 | ||
| 244% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Daugavpils | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 22 |
| 2 | Auda | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Super Nova | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Dinamo Riga / Staicele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Grobiņa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | JDFS Alberts | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 11 |
| 6 | Rezekne / BJSS | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Smiltene | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 8 | Dinamo Riga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -17 | 2 |