On paper it looks like advantage Liepāja in this game against Ventspils, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Liepāja have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Virsliga
- Ventspils have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Virsliga
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Virsliga match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Valmiera / BSS.
Liepāja's stadium, Stadions Daugava, has a grass surface. Ventspils have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ventspils when playing on grass; 7 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from 20 matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 26.
Liepāja form and stats
Overall Virsliga stats at home this season for Liepāja are 1-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). With Liepāja having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Molosh.
In their previous game, the manager D. Molosh led his Liepāja to a defeat in the Virsliga match away at Valmiera / BSS. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadions Daugava.
Preceding that match was the home game against Rigas FS that was lost 1-2.Liepāja have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadions Daugava with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Ventspils form and stats
It's not happening yet for Ventspils on their Virsliga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Ventspils's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There were no winners in Ventspils's previous match, a Virsliga home game that ended 2-2 vs Noah Jurmala (placed 9th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Valmiera / BSS.Ventspils are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games. Ventspils have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ventspils - Liepāja 0-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Liepāja, two draws and three wins for Ventspils. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Liepāja missing players
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| Liepāja | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 30% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 8.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
- All of Liepāja's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Liepāja have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Liepāja have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ventspils have scored away.
- Liepāja have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Virsliga
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ventspils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ventspils have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ventspils have failed to score a single goal away.
- Ventspils have lost all their away matches so far.
- Ventspils have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Virsliga
- Ventspils have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Virsliga
- Ventspils 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 | Rigas FS | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Valmiera / BSS | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Riga | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 4 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 9 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 6 |
| 8 | Ventspils | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 9 | Noah Jurmala | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 4 |