Liepāja and Spartaks Jūrmala have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Virsliga.
Spartaks Jūrmala could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Virsliga game only three sleeps ago.
Spartaks Jūrmala play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Spartaks Jūrmala when playing on grass are 6 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 32 goals and conceded 34 times in these games.
Liepāja form and stats
When playing at home in the Virsliga, Liepāja have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Liepāja here at Stadions Daugava, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Liepāja supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Valmiera / BSS in Latvian Cup and win 2-0. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Ventspils.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Liepāja matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and zero defeats (from two games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Latvian Cup game versus Ventspils in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadions Daugava.
The Liepāja fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Spartaks failed to get anything from their last game, a Virsliga home match vs Tukums (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-4. Preceding that game was the away victory against Valmiera / BSS with the score of 1-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Tukums was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Spartaks when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.
The travelling fans enjoy Spartaks Jūrmala's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spartaks Jūrmala have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Liepāja - Spartaks Jūrmala 3-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Liepāja three wins, four draws and Spartaks Jūrmala three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Belaković 13 goals |  L. Hilario Dodo 9 goals |  A. Karašausks 8 goals |
Liepāja missing players
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
| Liepāja | Spartaks Jūrmala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 43 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 20 | 42 |
| 32 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 70% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 58% | 67% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 46% |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 59% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 233 | 118 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 146 | 290 |
| 110 | 43 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 65 | 146 |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 29% |
- Liepāja has the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Virsliga
- Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Virsliga
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Virsliga
- Spartaks Jūrmala have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | Riga | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -31 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -28 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -40 | 14 |