FC Daugavpils have had trouble getting points this season. Will they get a victory when Rīgas FS come to visit Stadiona Esplanade?
- FC Daugavpils have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most points from losing position (16) in Virsliga
It's no vacation for neither FC Daugavpils nor Rīgas FS 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 form and stats
When playing at home in the Virsliga, FC Daugavpils have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for FC Daugavpils's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. Lizunovs was their last goal scorer.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Rīgas FS last time out and are looking for a victory here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Tukums.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Daugavpils had similar winning odds as today, and found 13 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 4 and lost 8. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that FC Daugavpils lost 5 similar games by at least two goals.
On the other hand, FC Daugavpils have conceded 17 goals.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 10-1-2 from 13 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FC Daugavpils (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
The fixture earlier was the Europa Conference League-battle against Hearts, a home defeat (0-2). As mentioned earlier, Rīgas will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 9 wins (9 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Rīgas FS create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 34 goals in 13 travels. Rīgas FS have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rīgas FS have been victorious in every one of the 14 most recent duels against this team. Another win today?The fixture history shows this score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Rīgas FS - Daugavpils 4-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 15 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 10 goals |  D. Rakels 7 goals |
FC Daugavpils missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| FC Daugavpils | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | 66 |
| 52 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 86% | 77% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 69% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 45% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 62% |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 43% | 45% |
| 17% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 29% | 17% |
| 34% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 31% | 46% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 45% |
| 48% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| 6.4 | 5.6 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.6 | 6.2 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 14.6 | 14.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 23% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | 37% |
| 11 | 8.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.6 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
- FC Daugavpils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Daugavpils have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Daugavpils have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored more than double the goals of FC Daugavpils.
- Rīgas FS have the most points (31) away in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most points from losing position (16) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 84 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 65 | 70 |
| 2 | Riga | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 31 | 63 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 65 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 38 | 60 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 54 |
| 5 | Auda | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Tukums | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -28 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -30 | 28 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -27 | 21 |
| 9 | Spartaks Jurmala | 29 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -39 | 18 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -41 | 18 |
