The Jelgava manager O. Kubarev attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Riga and their manager O. Kononov are in 3rd place before this match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Virsliga.
Jelgava form and stats
Jelgava have only played one Virsliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.
Jelgava faced defeat in their previous match, away at Metta / LU (0-1). Ahead of that match, Jelgava won a home game hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress (1-0).
Jelgava are traveling soon after this match as the Virsliga match at Rīgas FS awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Jelgava's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Riga form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Virsliga ended in defeat. Last season Riga had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 10, drew 2 and lost 4.
Riga had fun at their own home (Zemgales Olimpiskā centra) last time out, beating Liepāja 2-0. Felipe Brisola and K. Mbombo scored. Prior to that match, the Riga manager O. Kononov faced defeat when travelling to Spartaks Jurmala and losing 1-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Riga are hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress in the Virsliga only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Riga has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Jelgava wins - draws - Riga wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() F. Bezerra Brisola 2 goals | ![]() Y. Zakharkiv 1 goals | ![]() Y. Golubka 1 goals |
Jelgava missing players
Riga missing players
| Jelgava | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 16 | 43 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 28% |
- Jelgava has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
| Jelgava | Last season | Riga | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 28 | 59 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 66% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 47% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 22% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 276 | 133 | Total Shots | T S | 153 | 331 | ||
| 121 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 150 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rīgas FS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Liepāja | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Riga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Jelgava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Ventspils | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 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 | Rīgas 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 Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 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 |