Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Valmiera & Super Nova face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Latvian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hectic days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Olimpija.
Valmiera form and stats
Valmiera was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Latvian Cup.Valmiera are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at J. Daliņa stadions. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
Valmiera are confident in defense, having played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The fans are hoping that Valmiera will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Olimpija.
Previous to that game, a Virsliga home match hosting Tukums in a game that was won 6-0.Everyone expects Valmiera to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 12 games: 11 home wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Valmiera have won with at least two goals margin 9 times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Olimpija in only four days. This game is also played here at J. Daliņa stadions.
A decent goal production from Valmiera in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Valmiera have conceded only 8 goals.
Super Nova form and stats
They also participated in Latvian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Super Nova have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Virsliga, after 0-1-10 (11 played).
Super Nova has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to FS Jelgava for a 2-2 draw.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting FC Daugavpils / Progress's place.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 22 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 16 defeats. 12 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Super Nova's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
Valmiera-Super Nova H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Valmiera five wins, Super Nova two wins, zero draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Miņins 8 goals |  D. Gueye 4 goals | G. Silva Souza 4 goals |
Valmiera missing players
Super Nova missing players
| Valmiera | Super Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 32 | 69 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 44% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 45% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 55 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 44 | 52 |
| 3 | Valmiera | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | FS Jelgava | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -48 | 8 |
