Jelgava hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 7th position in the Virsliga table. Visiting Ventspils holds 4th place with 34 pts.
Ventspils could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Latvian Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Jelgava form and stats
Jelgava have collected 13 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 4-1-6.
Jelgava are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 194 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by I. Minkevics).
Jelgava are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Rīgas FS. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ventspils (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) that ended 0-0.
Jelgava has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Jelgava are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (22 from 11 played).
Ventspils form and stats
Playing away, Ventspils have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Virsliga this season.
The game before that, in the Virsliga, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Liepāja.
Ventspils has another fixture away, a Virsliga game, against FC Daugavpils / Progress in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Ventspils when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ventspils have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ventspils - Jelgava 5-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Jelgava victories, four draws and four Ventspils wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Jelgava missing players
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| Jelgava | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| 43 | 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 65% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 78% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 43% |
| 30% | 36% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 22% |
| 17% | 18% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 35% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 48% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 26% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 189 | 90 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 107 | 264 |
| 87 | 43 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 38 | 96 |
| 20% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 32% |
- 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.
- Ventspils has the fewest matches over the total-line (9) 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 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 39 | 63 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 54 |
| 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 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -26 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -24 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -42 | 11 |