National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spartaks Jūrmala or Liepāja that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spartaks Jūrmala and Liepāja.
Spartaks's stadium, Slokas Stadionā, has a artifical turf surface. Liepāja have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Liepāja when playing on artifical turf; 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 32 goals in these games and conceded 20.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
Last season, Spartaks Jūrmala's Latvian Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Spartaks Jūrmala have played 11 Virsliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Spartaks to get some points in this home game. Spartaks are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Slokas Stadionā, having lost their two previous games here.
Preceding that match was a Virsliga defeat to Ventspils (1-2).
Spartaks Jūrmala have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Slokas Stadionā with 20 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Liepāja form and stats
Liepāja was sent out of Latvian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga.
It was a Virsliga defeat before that one as the away game against Riga wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Liepāja are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Liepāja have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Spartaks won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Liepāja has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  N. Belaković 13 goals |   A. Karašausks 8 goals | L. Hilario Dodo 7 goals |
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 80% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 287 | 128 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 253 | ||
| 142 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 114 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 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 | Riga | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -44 | 8 |