It's still early in the Virsliga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the FC Daugavpils / Progress - Metta / LU preview!
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.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
FC Daugavpils / Progress's first Virsliga home game here at Stadions Celtnieks ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches.
Happy days for FC Daugavpils / Progress in their previous game, a Virsliga match away at Tukums (placed 10th) that ended with a 6-0 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Jelgava.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, FC Daugavpils / Progress played a great game against Tukums and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
At Stadions Celtnieks, FC Daugavpils / Progress has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Metta / LU form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Virsliga ended in defeat. Last season Metta / LU had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 2, drew 4 and lost 10.
Metta are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Virsliga against Jelgava (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, the Metta / LU manager A. Riherts faced defeat when travelling to Liepaja and losing 0-3.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Metta manager A. Riherts as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tukums.
0 goals so far away for Metta / LU, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (Daugavpils wins - draws - Metta / LU wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Kovaļovs 2 goals | ![]() K. Masangane 2 goals | ![]() D. Idowu 1 goals |
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| FC Daugavpils / Progress | Metta / LU | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 46% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
- FC Daugavpils / Progress has the most scored goals in the second half (5)
| FC Daugavpils / Progress | Last season | Metta / LU | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Conceded | C | 32 | 60 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 66% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 66% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 34% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 59% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 16% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 31% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 264 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 171 | 348 | ||
| 107 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 131 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Liepaja | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Jelgava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Riga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Valmiera / BSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Tukums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepaja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |