An important duel in the bottom section of the Virsliga, with both Metta / LU and Liepāja experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 7th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
9-3-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Liepāja when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 20 matches are 34-24 (scored/conceded).
Metta / LU form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Virsliga numbers at home for Metta / LU so far this season.
Metta lost their last game at Spartaks Jūrmala (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that, Metta drew at home versus Valmiera / BSS.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Metta as they are travelling to their away game against Jelgava in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
The Metta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Metta have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Liepāja form and stats
2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Liepāja in their Virsliga matches away.
Liepāja's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Daugavpils / Progress that finished 1-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jelgava at their stadium, the result 5-1.
A new game in only four days for Liepāja, the Virsliga home match versus Riga. Busy days.
The Liepāja manager D. Molosh has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. As opposed to that, Liepāja have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Liepāja - Metta 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Metta / LU-Liepāja H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Metta / LU two wins, Liepāja eight wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Masangane 5 goals |  R. Friday 5 goals | L. Hilario Dodo 3 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Metta / LU | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 34 | 104 |
| 34 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 19 | 41 |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 39% |
- All of Liepāja's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Metta / LU has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Jelgava | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 12 |
| 7 | Liepāja | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Tukums | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -22 | 2 |