Delightful dogfight as daring Liepāja duels with determined Valmiera / BSS

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daugava Stadium (5083 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Liepāja in 6th and Valmiera / BSS in 5th place.

It's no vacation for neither Liepāja nor Valmiera / BSS 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.

Valmiera / BSS are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Liepāja form and stats

Liepāja have played 14 Virsliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Daugava Stadium after three straight home wins.

Liepāja's last game was hosting Valmiera / BSS (placed 5th) and winning 1-0. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Metta / LU.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Liepāja handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D1-L2.

Liepāja have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Daugava Stadium with 23 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Liepāja have conceded 18 goals.

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Valmiera / BSS form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Valmiera / BSS, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Liepāja (placed 6th). A loss against Rigas FS was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Valmiera / BSS have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were W0-D0-L2.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Valmiera / BSS in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Valmiera / BSS - Liepāja 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 5 - 0 - 2 (Liepāja wins - draws - Valmiera / BSS wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiepājaJ. Ikaunieks
J. Ikaunieks
6 goals
LiepājaDodo
Dodo
5 goals
Liepāja
R. Friday
5 goals

Liepāja missing players

Valmiera / BSS missing players

Liepāja Valmiera / BSS
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
29 15 2 Played P 2 15 29
11 7 0 Won W 0 4 10
5 3 1 Drew D 0 5 8
13 5 1 Lost L 2 6 11
37 24 2 Scored S 0 13 28
37 18 3 Conceded C 5 16 30
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
62% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 55%
55% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 31%
24% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 21%
14% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 34%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 34%
31% 13% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 53% 41%
 
5.9 6 6 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 3.6 4.3
4.3 4.9 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5.6
2.7 2.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valmiera / BSS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Liepāja
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
21-08-19 LC Liepāja 1 - 2 Rigas FS
24-08-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 2 Ventspils
30-08-19 VI Liepāja 3 - 3 Rigas FS
21-09-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 4 - 2 Liepāja
29-09-19 VI Liepāja 3 - 1 Jelgava
05-10-19 VI Liepāja 2 - 1 Metta / LU
20-10-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Valmiera / BSS
27-10-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 13:00 Liepāja
03-11-19 VI Liepāja 13:00 Riga
09-11-19 VI Ventspils 13:00 Liepāja
Valmiera / BSS
All First Liga Virsliga Latvian Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
17-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 3 - 1 Jelgava
25-08-19 VI Metta / LU 0 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
14-09-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 2 - 2 Valmiera / BSS
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 0 - 1 Riga
29-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 2 - 0 Ventspils
05-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 1 - 3 Rigas FS
20-10-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Valmiera / BSS
27-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
03-11-19 VI Jelgava 13:00 Valmiera / BSS
09-11-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 Metta / LU

  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 28 19 3 6 52 17 14 9 3 2 26 5 14 10 0 4 26 12 35 60
2 Rigas FS 30 16 7 7 52 30 15 10 2 3 35 13 15 6 5 4 17 17 22 55
3 Ventspils 30 12 11 7 46 40 15 8 7 0 27 13 15 4 4 7 19 27 6 47
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 29 12 5 12 46 57 15 8 1 6 27 23 14 4 4 6 19 34 -11 41
5 Valmiera / BSS 28 10 8 10 28 29 14 6 3 5 15 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 38
6 Liepāja 28 10 5 13 36 37 14 6 3 5 23 18 14 4 2 8 13 19 -1 35
7 Jelgava 28 8 8 12 29 35 14 4 4 6 15 17 14 4 4 6 14 18 -6 32
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 29 7 6 16 24 46 14 4 3 7 12 18 15 3 3 9 12 28 -22 27
9 Metta / LU 30 6 7 17 32 54 15 4 4 7 19 25 15 2 3 10 13 29 -22 25

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