This match features two teams living in the basement of the Virsliga, Metta / LU holding 8th place and FC Daugavpils / Progress lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Metta / LU nor FC Daugavpils / Progress 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.
Metta / LU form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Virsliga numbers at home for Metta / LU so far this season.
Metta travelled for their previous game, a trip to Jelgava that ended 2-2. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Liepaja.
This is expected to be a close game, with Metta / LU perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Metta / LU as a small favourite), we find two games. Metta / LU has won zero of these, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Metta, as the Virsliga home game vs Tukums is only four days away.
The Metta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Metta / LU's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga. The last three matches for Daugavpils have all ended in a draw.
FC Daugavpils / Progress delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Tukums (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Virsliga game. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Jelgava.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Riga in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Daugavpils's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Daugavpils's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the FC Daugavpils / Progress - Metta 4-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Metta, three draws and four wins for FC Daugavpils / Progress. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Masangane 6 goals | R. Ozoliņš 3 goals |   A. Kovaļovs 3 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Metta / LU | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 90 | 38 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 43 | 116 |
| 41 | 19 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 16 | 44 |
| 32% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 50% | 41% |
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- FC Daugavpils / Progress haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Metta / LU have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metta / LU have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Metta / LU haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Spartaks Jurmala | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Jelgava | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 14 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Liepaja | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Tukums | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -22 | 4 |