Metta / LU fights Liepāja in Virsliga battle

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sun 28.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hanzas vidusskolas laukums (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Hanzas vidusskolas laukums haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Metta / LU languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Liepāja will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Metta / LU and Liepāja.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Liepāja have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 11-2-6 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.

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Metta / LU form and stats

With 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Metta / LU, who have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Virsliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Metta / LU's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Liepāja. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Rīgas FS.

The Metta / LU fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Liepāja form and stats

4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Liepāja in their matches away.

Liepāja play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Metta / LU. A 0-2 defeat away at Norrköping before that.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Liepāja in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Metta / LU - Liepāja 2-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 0 - 7 (Metta / LU wins - draws - Liepāja wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Dzhamalutdinov
8 goals
Dodo
5 goals
K. Masangane
4 goals

Metta / LU missing players

Liepāja missing players

Metta / LU Liepāja
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played 3 11 20
5 3 1 Won 1 4 8
3 1 0 Drew 1 2 4
13 7 1 Lost 1 5 8
23 14 4 Scored 2 10 23
34 21 4 Conceded 2 12 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 91% 90%
81% 91% 100% Over 1.5 33% 55% 55%
67% 82% 100% Over 2.5 33% 36% 45%
19% 27% 50% Over 3.5 0% 9% 20%
10% 18% 50% Over 4.5 0% 9% 10%
62% 73% 50% BTTS 33% 45% 45%
14% 9% 50% Clean Sheets 33% 9% 25%
29% 18% 0% Failed To Score 67% 55% 40%
 
4.9 4 2.5 Corners For (avg) 6.7 5.6 5.7
5.8 4.6 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 4.3 4.5 4.7
2.2 2.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 2.8 2.7
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • 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.

Metta / LU
All Virsliga Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-06-19 VI Metta / LU 0 - 4 Riga
06-07-19 VI Ventspils 2 - 1 Metta / LU
15-07-19 LC Jelgava 1 - 0 Metta / LU
21-07-19 VI Metta / LU 1 - 1 Rīgas FS
28-07-19 VI Metta / LU 2 - 3 Liepāja
03-08-19 VI Metta / LU 15:00 Spartaks Jūrmala
10-08-19 VI Jelgava 15:00 Metta / LU
24-08-19 VI Metta / LU 14:00 Valmiera / BSS
30-08-19 VI Metta / LU 14:30 FC Daugavpils / Progress
14-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 Metta / LU
Liepāja
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-07-19 LC Smiltene 0 - 4 Liepāja
18-07-19 EL Dinamo Minsk 1 - 2 Liepāja
21-07-19 VI Jelgava 0 - 0 Liepāja
25-07-19 EL Norrköping 2 - 0 Liepāja
28-07-19 VI Metta / LU 2 - 3 Liepāja
01-08-19 EL Liepāja 17:00 Norrköping
04-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 14:00 Liepāja
11-08-19 VI Liepāja 14:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
18-08-19 VI Riga 16:00 Liepāja
20-08-19 LC Liepāja - Rīgas FS

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Riga 20 13 2 5 36 12 10 6 2 2 18 5 10 7 0 3 18 7 24 41
2 Rīgas FS 21 11 5 5 29 19 11 7 2 2 20 10 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 38
3 Ventspils 21 8 7 6 33 31 12 6 6 0 21 11 9 2 1 6 12 20 2 31
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 20 9 3 8 29 34 10 6 0 4 16 14 10 3 3 4 13 20 -5 30
5 Liepāja 20 8 4 8 23 21 9 4 2 3 13 9 11 4 2 5 10 12 2 28
6 Valmiera / BSS 20 7 6 7 18 18 9 3 3 3 7 8 11 4 3 4 11 10 0 27
7 Jelgava 21 6 5 10 17 23 10 2 2 6 6 12 11 4 3 4 11 11 -6 23
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 20 6 3 11 15 31 10 4 1 5 7 11 10 2 2 6 8 20 -16 21
9 Metta / LU 21 5 3 13 23 34 11 3 1 7 14 21 10 2 2 6 9 13 -11 18

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