Football preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Liepāja meet FC Daugavpils / Progress

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadions Daugava (5083 seats)

Virsliga: The mid-table positions shows the journey Liepāja and FC Daugavpils / Progress have taken so far. Both teams are ready for the match; let's get this baby out!

Insights:
  • Liepāja have the most clean sheets (11) in Virsliga
  • FC Daugavpils / Progress have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Virsliga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Liepāja and FC Daugavpils / Progress.

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Liepāja form and stats

7-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Virsliga numbers at home for Liepāja so far this season. Liepāja has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadions Daugava, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Liepāja, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 206 minutes in the Virsliga.

Liepāja's previous game was a Virsliga match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Noah Jūrmala (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rīgas FS (0-1).

Liepāja have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadions Daugava with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Liepāja are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadions Daugava in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Daugavpils / Progress's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Virsliga. FC Daugavpils / Progress only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager A. Kaļiņins was unhappy after their last game, a Virsliga match played at their home ground. Daugavpils suffered a 0-3 loss to Rīgas FS (placed 1st).

Before that, FC Daugavpils / Progress secured a home win against Riga with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking FC Daugavpils / Progress's match history for similar games we find ten matches. The home team won seven of these as expected, four of them by at least two goals. FC Daugavpils / Progress managed two draws and one surprise win.

Daugavpils have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. For Daugavpils, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived result involving both these squads is the FC Daugavpils / Progress - Liepāja 1-1 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Liepāja won five, FC Daugavpils / Progress triumphed in two and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LiepājaL. Hilario Dodo
L. Hilario Dodo
5 goals
LiepājaM. Gordeychuk
M. Gordeychuk
5 goals
LiepājaH. Ukpa
H. Ukpa
4 goals

Liepāja missing players

FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players

Liepāja FC Daugavpils / Progress
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 2 13 26
14 7 1 Won W 0 3 9
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
9 4 1 Lost L 2 7 12
43 22 4 Scored S 0 14 36
25 11 2 Conceded C 5 29 48
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
77% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 88%
62% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 73%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 35%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
38% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 50%
46% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 23%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 46% 31%
 
5.1 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.9 3.2
4.1 4.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.1 5.7
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10.2 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6 6.2
3.8 3.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 2.5
41% 42% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 42%
Key stats in Virsliga this season:
  • FC Daugavpils / Progress have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Daugavpils / Progress have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Daugavpils / Progress have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Virsliga
  • Liepāja have the most clean sheets (11) in Virsliga

  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 26 19 5 2 63 22 13 10 1 2 34 12 13 9 4 0 29 10 41 62
2 Valmiera / BSS 26 18 4 4 53 19 13 9 3 1 23 7 13 9 1 3 30 12 34 58
3 Riga 26 14 6 6 54 26 13 9 2 2 32 11 13 5 4 4 22 15 28 48
4 Liepāja 26 14 3 9 43 25 13 7 2 4 22 11 13 7 1 5 21 14 18 45
5 Spartaks Jūrmala 27 11 2 14 40 40 13 7 1 5 22 15 14 4 1 9 18 25 0 35
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 26 9 5 12 36 48 13 6 2 5 22 19 13 3 3 7 14 29 -12 32
7 Metta / LU 27 5 5 17 33 54 14 3 4 7 21 27 13 2 1 10 12 27 -21 20
8 Noah Jūrmala 28 1 0 27 8 96 14 0 0 14 1 51 14 1 0 13 7 45 -88 3
9 Ventspils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0