The Virsliga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 8th and 9th respectively.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Metta / LU play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Metta / LU when playing on grass are 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 14 times in these games.
Liepāja form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here at Stadions Daugava mākslīgas laukums. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from Liepāja's 14 home games.A good away victory last time out for Liepāja, who won 2-1 against Jelgava. Before that game, the home loss against Spartaks Jūrmala with the scoreline 0-1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Liepāja at home. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Metta / LU form and stats
No points yet away for Metta / LU, from their first 2 matches. With the Metta / LU losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Metta / LU seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?Metta / LU failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rigas FS that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Ventspils before that.
It's early days yet, but Metta / LU has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Liepāja won 5 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Metta / LU has 5 wins.Liepāja missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| Liepāja | Metta / LU | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | Played | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 75% |
| 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | Both teams to score | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | Failed To Score | 100% | 50% |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Riga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Liepāja | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
