The Virsliga overall standings tell the truth about these participants so far, with Liepāja ahead of Metta / LU by 17 points. Here's our preview:
- Liepāja have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Virsliga
- Metta / LU have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Virsliga
It should be mentioned that Metta / LU play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Metta / LU on grass are 2 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-39. You can compare this with overall results below.
The visiting Metta / LU played their last game only four days ago, a Virsliga match.
Liepāja form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Liepāja have to build on here at Stadions Daugava in the Virsliga.
The Liepāja goalkeeper Krisjanis Zviedris is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
A strong away win for Liepāja against FC Daugavpils / Progress the last match, as Gordeychuk and Villela (3) were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Liepāja played a great game against FC Daugavpils / Progress and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Villela when beating FC Daugavpils / Progress, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
In the match before that, Liepāja hosted Spartaks Jurmala and drew the game 0-0.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Liepāja have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 5 games found in the database showing 3 Liepāja wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Liepāja at home in the league. 12 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 6 matches.
Metta / LU form and stats
There's been little loot from Metta / LU's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Virsliga. Metta / LU only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Metta / LU are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Metta / LU failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Valmiera / BSS (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3.
A 1-3 defeat away at Rīgas FS before that.Metta are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 9 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 0 wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats. Of the defeats, 9 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Riga in just four days.
Metta / LU have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Metta / LU - Liepāja 1-5, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Liepāja victories, zero draws and one Metta / LU win. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Villela Rezende 5 goals | M. Ķigurs 4 goals | N. Belaković 4 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Metta / LU missing players
| Liepāja | Metta / LU | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 7.2 | 8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 42% | 34% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 7.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 18.3 | 17.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 8 | 7.2 |
- Liepāja have created more than twice as many corners as Metta / LU.
- Liepāja have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Liepāja have scored more than double the goals of Metta / LU.
- Liepāja have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Virsliga
- Liepāja have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Metta / LU have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Metta / LU have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Metta / LU have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metta / LU have the most conceded goals (15) away in Virsliga
- Metta / LU have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Virsliga
- Metta / LU have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Virsliga
- Metta / LU have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Metta / LU 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 | Rīgas FS | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Valmiera / BSS | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 3 | Liepāja | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Riga | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | Auda | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 8 | Tukums | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -19 | 8 |
| 9 | Super Nova | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -20 | 4 |
| 10 | Spartaks Jurmala | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -22 | 2 |
