What a match, with Liepāja in 3rd and Rīgas FS placed 2nd. Here's a full preview!
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rīgas FS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Virsliga
This football stadium has grass, which is not Rīgas FS's usual surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass Rīgas FS have performed like this: Played 19 matches with the output 11 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats with the goal difference 34-21 (scored/conceded).
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Virsliga game only four days ago.
Liepāja form and stats
Liepāja have played 6 Virsliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Liepāja suffered an unpredictable loss 0-4 against Riga in their previous game, also played at home. Up until that loss this team had gone seven consecutive league meetings without a loss. Liepāja were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Auda.With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Liepāja defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The followers enjoyed Rīgas FS's previous game versus FS Jelgava (placed 7th), a 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Rīgas was the only team on the pitch versus FS Jelgava in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Ilić and that is impressive stuff!
Prior to that result Rīgas FS won their away game at Tukums. The scoreline was 7-1.After this away game Rīgas FS return home for a Virsliga game against Auda. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Rīgas FS manager Morozs has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Rīgas are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Rīgas FS have avoided a loss in the last 10 games (7-3-0) versus Liepāja.Rīgas FS - Liepāja 2-0 was the outcome when these squads previously met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 8 goals |  L. Hilario Dodo 4 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 4 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Liepāja | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| 15 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 57% | 75% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 42% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 27% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 9.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 9.5 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 7.1 | 10.1 |
| 2.1 | 3.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 87% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 65% | 55% |
| 8 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| 3 | 4.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rīgas FS have not yet lost a game.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals away as Liepāja have scored home.
- Rīgas FS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) 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 | Riga | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 28 |
| 3 | Liepāja | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Valmiera | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Metta / LU | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Auda | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Tukums | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -13 | 8 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -24 | 6 |
