Liepāja fights Jelgava in Virsliga battle

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Fri 17.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadions Daugava mākslīgas laukums

Liepāja hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 9th position in the Virsliga table. Visiting Jelgava holds 5th place with 13 pts.

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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Jelgava's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Jelgava have performed like this: Played 20 matches resulting in 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 19-27 (scored/conceded).

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Liepāja form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Liepāja, who have the fewest points (4) at home in Virsliga, are 1-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Liepāja lost their last game at Spartaks Jūrmala after a 0-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Liepāja hosted Rīgas FS and drew the game 0-0.

Liepāja are traveling soon after this match as the Virsliga match at Metta / LU awaits in four days.

Liepāja are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 4 goals in 4 matches. Liepāja's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jelgava form and stats

1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jelgava in their matches away. It's three draws from Jelgava's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better. The last three matches for Jelgava have all ended in a draw.

There were no winners in Jelgava's previous match, a Virsliga home game that ended 0-0 vs Rīgas FS. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Ventspils.

A quick return to home after this game, as Jelgava are hosting Spartaks Jūrmala in the Virsliga only four days away.

Jelgava are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Jelgava have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jelgava - Liepāja 1-2 entered in the official records. Liepāja-Jelgava H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Liepāja 8 wins, Jelgava 2 wins, 0 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Liepāja Jelgava
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
10 4 0 Played 1 5 11
2 1 0 Won 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew 0 3 4
6 2 0 Lost 0 1 4
7 4 0 Scored 2 5 10
12 5 0 Conceded 1 5 11
90% 75% 0% Over 0.5 100% 80% 82%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 100% 80% 64%
30% 50% 0% Over 2.5 100% 40% 45%
10% 25% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
10% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS 100% 80% 64%
10% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 27%
60% 50% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 27%
 
5.5 4 0 Corners For (avg) 2 3 3.3
4.7 5.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 7 7 6.1
2.9 2.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 2.4 2.4
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Jelgava have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liepāja have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Liepāja
19-04-19 VI Liepāja 2 - 3 FC Daugavpils / Progress
24-04-19 VI Riga 1 - 0 Liepāja
28-04-19 VI Ventspils 1 - 1 Liepāja
04-05-19 VI Liepāja 0 - 0 Rīgas FS
12-05-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 1 - 0 Liepāja
17-05-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Jelgava
21-05-19 VI Metta / LU 15:30 Liepāja
26-05-19 VI Liepāja 12:00 Valmiera / BSS
01-06-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 13:00 Liepāja
15-06-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Riga
Jelgava
23-04-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 0 - 0 Jelgava
27-04-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
03-05-19 VI Riga 1 - 1 Jelgava
08-05-19 VI Ventspils 1 - 1 Jelgava
12-05-19 VI Jelgava 0 - 0 Rīgas FS
17-05-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Jelgava
21-05-19 VI Jelgava 15:30 Spartaks Jūrmala
31-05-19 VI Metta / LU 16:30 Jelgava
15-06-19 VI Jelgava 12:00 Valmiera / BSS
21-06-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 15:00 Jelgava

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Rīgas FS 11 7 3 1 15 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 24
2 Riga 10 7 1 2 15 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 4 0 1 9 4 8 22
3 Daugava Daugavpils 10 5 1 4 11 9 5 3 0 2 6 3 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 16
4 Valmiera / BSS 9 4 2 3 9 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 14
5 Jelgava 11 3 4 4 10 11 6 2 1 3 5 6 5 1 3 1 5 5 -1 13
6 Ventspils 11 3 4 4 15 15 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 0 1 4 6 11 0 13
7 Spartaks Jūrmala 11 4 1 6 13 21 6 3 0 3 10 12 5 1 1 3 3 9 -8 13
8 Metta / LU 11 3 0 8 12 18 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 1 0 4 4 8 -6 9
9 Liepāja 10 2 2 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 1 1 4 3 7 -5 8