Virsliga match preview: Liepāja versus Spartaks Jūrmala

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Wed 04.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadions Daugava (5083 seats)

Virsliga: The mid-table positions show the journey Liepāja and Spartaks Jūrmala have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

Insights:
  • Liepāja is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Spartaks Jūrmala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Liepāja nor Spartaks Jūrmala as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

6 - 6 - 6 with 29-31. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Spartaks Jūrmala when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Spartaks Jūrmala play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Liepāja form and stats

3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Virsliga numbers at home for Liepāja so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Liepāja after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Liepāja goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 393 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.

Liepāja enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Noah Jurmala's place. The match ended 3-0.

Ahead of that match, Liepāja won a home game hosting Riga (1-0).

The Liepāja fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Liepāja's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats

Spartaks Jūrmala have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Virsliga, after 2-0-8 (10 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Spartaks who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Metta / LU was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Two away games in a row for Spartaks, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Valmiera / BSS in the Virsliga.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Rīgas FS.

Spartaks find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Spartaks Jūrmala have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Spartaks Jūrmala - Liepāja 1-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Liepāja victories, two draws and four Spartaks Jūrmala wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Spartaks JūrmalaL. Wamba Djouffo
L. Wamba Djouffo
8 goals
Spartaks JūrmalaR. Friday
R. Friday
6 goals
LiepājaA. Karašausks
A. Karašausks
4 goals

Liepāja missing players

Spartaks Jūrmala missing players

Liepāja Spartaks Jūrmala
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 10 20
8 3 0 Won W 0 2 6
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
6 3 0 Lost L 2 8 14
24 9 0 Scored S 1 12 28
17 7 0 Conceded C 5 20 35
93% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 80%
60% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 65%
27% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
33% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
47% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
27% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 25%
 
5.8 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 5.1
3.4 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.1 5.7
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 9.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.1 11.7
3.4 2.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.9 3.8
44% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 26% 25%
Key stats in Virsliga this season:
  • Liepāja is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Spartaks Jūrmala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spartaks Jūrmala have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Spartaks Jūrmala 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 17 14 1 2 43 16 10 8 0 2 29 10 7 6 1 0 14 6 27 43
2 Riga 19 13 2 4 43 19 9 8 0 1 23 7 10 5 2 3 20 12 24 41
3 Valmiera / BSS 17 12 2 3 30 13 10 8 1 1 20 5 7 4 1 2 10 8 17 38
4 FC Daugavpils / Progress 19 9 3 7 32 27 9 5 1 3 17 11 10 4 2 4 15 16 5 30
5 Liepāja 15 8 1 6 24 17 7 3 1 3 9 7 8 5 0 3 15 10 7 25
6 Spartaks Jūrmala 20 6 0 14 28 35 10 4 0 6 16 15 10 2 0 8 12 20 -7 18
7 Metta / LU 21 4 3 14 30 41 10 3 3 4 21 13 11 1 0 10 9 28 -11 15
8 Noah Jurmala 18 1 0 17 9 71 8 0 0 8 2 34 10 1 0 9 7 37 -62 3
9 Ventspils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0