Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valmiera / BSS & 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 contenders have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active game!
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
Valmiera was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Latvian Cup.Home games in the Virsliga have been a walk in the park for Valmiera / BSS so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. After failing to beat Rigas FS here at Vidzemes Olimpiskais centrs, Valmiera has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
The Valmiera goalkeeper Rudolfs Soloha is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
Happy days for Valmiera in their previous game, a Virsliga match away at Metta / LU that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Valmiera "killed" Metta / LU in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Valmiera decided the match against Metta / LU in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (4-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy. I. Sow was absolutely essential when Valmiera beat Metta / LU 4-0, scoring three goals.
Before that match, a Virsliga win away at Noah Jurmala.The Valmiera manager T. Pertia has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Valmiera / BSS have only let in 5 goals at home.
Dinamo Riga form and stats
Last season their Latvian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Dinamo Riga are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First Liga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Latvian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Dinamo Riga play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting JDFS Alberts.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Speks at their stadium, the result 2-0.Dinamo Riga have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Dinamo have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sow 11 goals |  R. Krollis 8 goals | D. Gueye 5 goals |
Valmiera / BSS missing players
Dinamo Riga missing players
| Valmiera / BSS | Dinamo Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 72% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valmiera / BSS | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Riga | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -55 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tukums | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Auda | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Albatroz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Super Nova | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 9 |
| 5 | Smiltene | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grobina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Dinamo Riga | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | JDFS Alberts | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Saldus SS/Leevon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Rezekne / BJSS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 3 |