National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spartaks Jūrmala or FC Daugavpils / Progress that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
Spartaks Jūrmala was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Latvian Cup.Overall Virsliga stats at home this season for Spartaks Jūrmala are 4-0-6 (wins-draw-losses). It's trouble wherever Spartaks are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Spartaks lost their last game at Valmiera / BSS after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Virsliga game against Rigas FS that was lost 1-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spartaks as they are travelling to their away game against Liepāja in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
The Spartaks fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Spartaks have conceded 15 from these games.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
Daugavpils was sent out of Latvian Cup in the 8th finals last season.The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Spartaks Jūrmala.
It's the second away game in a row for Daugavpils, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Noah Jurmala in the Virsliga last time out.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Metta / LU in the Virsliga.The travelling fans enjoy Daugavpils's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. FC Daugavpils / Progress struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Spartaks Jūrmala victories, one draw and three FC Daugavpils / Progress wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Wamba Djouffo 8 goals | R. Friday 6 goals |  D. Israel 5 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 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 | 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 |