Season ticket holders at Stadions Celtnieks haven’t seen too many victories this season, with FC Daugavpils / Progress languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Ventspils will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither FC Daugavpils / Progress nor Ventspils as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
With 3 Virsliga wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, FC Daugavpils / Progress are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Daugavpils crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Rigas FS here at Stadions Celtnieks in a Virsliga match. Prior to that, an away loss at Riga.
The Daugavpils fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. Daugavpils have conceded 20 from these games.
Ventspils form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ventspils playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season. Momentum is building for Ventspils in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Ventspils, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Jelgava (placed 7th) in the Virsliga last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Rigas FS.
As mentioned above, Ventspils was the only team on the pitch versus Jelgava in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ventspils has another fixture away, a Latvian Cup game, against Liepāja in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ventspils have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ventspils have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ventspils - Daugavpils 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Daugavpils victories, two draws and six Ventspils wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Kozlov 12 goals | K. Svarups 8 goals |  M. Regža 7 goals |
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
Ventspils missing players
| FC Daugavpils / Progress | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 42 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 50% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 46% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 46% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 29% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 207 | 108 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 118 | 275 |
| 80 | 42 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 45 | 103 |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | 35% |
- Ventspils has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Virsliga
- Ventspils has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Virsliga
- Ventspils have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -31 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -28 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -40 | 14 |