Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Smiltene & Liepāja face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Liepāja's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Liepāja have performed like this: Played 22 matches resulting in 11 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 31-26 (scored/conceded).
Smiltene form and stats
Last season, Smiltene's Latvian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Smiltene have played 1 First Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Smiltene faced defeat in their previous match, away at Albatroz (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Previous to that game, a Latvian Cup home match hosting JFC Jelgava in a game that was won 2-0.Early season league goal statistics from Smiltene's 1 home game: 5 goals, 0 conceded.
Liepāja form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Liepāja, as they won the Latvian Cup.As the visiting team in Virsliga matches, Liepāja have produced an overall stat of 5-0-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Liepāja hope to make it five in this match.
Liepāja won their last game, 2-1 versus Valmiera / BSS played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Noah Jurmala at their stadium, the result 3-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spartaks Jūrmala in just four days.
Liepāja are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Liepāja have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Hilario Dodo 4 goals |  A. Karašausks 4 goals |  S. Keita 3 goals |
Smiltene missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Smiltene | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Scored | S | 27 | 48 | ||
| 60 | 21 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 146% | 190% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Albatroz | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Smiltene | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Tukums | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Super Nova | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 6 | Grobina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | JDFS Alberts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Rezekne / BJSS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Dinamo Riga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rigas FS | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | Riga | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 18 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -11 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 37 | -62 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |