Struggling Jelgava will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rīgas FS in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 collected 10 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 3-1-3.
Jelgava are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Riga. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Metta / LU.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jelgava as they are travelling to their away game against Ventspils in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
Jelgava are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Jelgava defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rīgas FS, who have the most scored goals (34) in Virsliga, have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Impressive finishing from V. Jagodinskis, Ž. Lipušček and V. Sorokins secured the home win 3-0 against Liepāja in their previous game. A 1-1 draw at Spartaks Jūrmala's stadium before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress in just four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. Rīgas FS have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rīgas FS - Jelgava 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Jelgava won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Rīgas FS has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  E. Santana Deocleciano 7 goals |   Y. Zakharkiv 6 goals | A. Herve Kouadio 5 goals |
Jelgava missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Jelgava | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 77% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 57% | 46% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 46% |
| 38% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 113 | 59 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 71 | 141 |
| 55 | 32 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 35 | 71 |
| 20% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 54% | 48% |
- Jelgava has the most conceded goals in the first half (12)
- 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.
- Rīgas FS has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Rīgas FS has the most points (16) away
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (19) away
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (34)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- Rīgas FS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rīgas FS have scored more than double the goals of Jelgava.
- Rīgas FS 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 14 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 9 | Liepāja | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Tukums | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -23 | 4 |