It's early days in the Virsliga and both Liepāja and Rīgas FS are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Virsliga. That game was an away game at Riga, so at least Liepāja are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
9 - 3 - 5 with 26-19. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Rīgas FS when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Rīgas FS play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Liepāja form and stats
The hosts won their first Virsliga game here at Stadions Daugava, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Liepāja last season were 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 16 games.
The fans are hoping that Liepāja will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Virsliga game against Riga (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Liepāja won a home game hosting Metta / LU (3-0).
There will be little rest for Liepāja after this match as they are travelling to Ventspils for a Virsliga game in only four days.
At Stadions Daugava, Liepāja has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Only one away game in the Virsliga so far for Rīgas FS and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 4 losses from 16 travels.
Rīgas go into this game after a win, the home game against Spartaks Jurmala that ended 4-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Valmiera / BSS at their stadium, the result 4-0.
It was a convincing performance from Rīgas when Spartaks Jurmala were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-1 and the second half was comfortable. T. Šimkovič, A. Kouadio and Baiano scored their goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jelgava in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Rīgas FS has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Liepāja, two draws and three wins for Rīgas FS. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Santana Deocleciano 3 goals |   M. Ķigurs 2 goals |  T. Šimkovič 2 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Rīgas FS missing players
| Liepāja | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 53% |
- Rīgas FS has the fewest conceded goals (0) away
- Rīgas FS has the fewest conceded goals (1)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (9)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals in the first half (7)
- Rīgas FS has the the best goal difference (+8)
- Rīgas FS is in the best form (3-0-0)
| Liepāja | Last season | Rīgas FS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 55 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 75% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 34% | ||
| 31% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 25% | ||
| 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 359 | 181 | Total Shots | T S | 162 | 376 | ||
| 157 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 151 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Liepāja | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Riga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Jelgava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Ventspils | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Valmiera / BSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Tukums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |