Struggling Jelgava will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Riga in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Jelgava form and stats
Overall Virsliga stats at home this season for Jelgava are 4-1-5 (wins-draw-losses).
The Jelgava goalkeeper Vladislavs Kurakins is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
Ahead of that match, Jelgava won a home game hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress (2-0).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Jelgava, as the Latvian Cup home game vs Ventspils is only four days away.
Jelgava has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Jelgava have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Riga form and stats
The strength of Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Virsliga, on their travels this season is incredible with 27 points collected from 10 Virsliga away games. Riga has 9-0-1 on the road, with 24 goals scored and 6 conceded. Riga are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing. The fact that Riga have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Metta / LU in the Latvian Cup.
As mentioned earlier, Riga will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in five wins (three by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Latvian Cup trip to Rīgas FS.
The Riga manager O. Kononov has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Riga - Jelgava 3-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Jelgava victory, two draws and seven Riga wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Jelgava missing players
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| Jelgava | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | 49 |
| 40 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 57% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 43% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | 90 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 122 | 269 |
| 85 | 43 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 54 | 124 |
| 20% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 44% | 40% |
- Jelgava have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jelgava have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jelgava haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most clean sheets (11) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most points (27) away in Virsliga
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Virsliga
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+18) away in Virsliga
- Riga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Riga have scored more than double the goals of Jelgava.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -23 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -39 | 8 |