Virsliga preview: Can Liepāja edge out victory against Spartaks Jūrmala?

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Spartaks Jūrmala have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-6-3 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.

Liepāja form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Liepāja have to build on here at Stadions Daugava mākslīgas laukums.

The points were shared in Liepāja's previous game, also at home. Visiting Spartaks Jūrmala travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Rīgas FS with a 2-1 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Liepāja's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Liepāja has scored 13 goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats

Playing away, Spartaks Jūrmala, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Virsliga, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season. Spartaks Jūrmala has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Liepāja in their previous outing. The Virsliga match ended in a draw 2-2. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Rīgas FS.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Spartaks Jūrmala when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Spartaks Jūrmala are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. Spartaks Jūrmala have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Liepāja and Spartaks Jūrmala have met before this season: Liepāja - Spartaks Jūrmala 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 5 - 4 (Liepāja wins - draws - Spartaks Jūrmala wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Charpentier 5 goals

T. Vukmanić 5 goals

R. Ennin 5 goals

Liepāja missing players

Spartaks Jūrmala missing players