The visiting Riga side should be favourites in this visit to Metta / LU, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Metta / LU nor Riga 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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Metta / LU form and stats
Metta / LU have collected 10 points from their Virsliga home games so far after 3-1-3.
Metta / LU's last game was hosting Tukums (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that match was the home game against FC Daugavpils / Progress that was lost 1-4.
The Metta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Metta have conceded 10 goals.
Riga form and stats
The away performances of Riga, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Virsliga, have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Virsliga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Riga who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Spartaks Jurmala. A great winning streak in away games for Riga as they have managed to win six matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Spartaks Jurmala have they travelled home without three points.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Riga goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 248 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Riga play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting FC Daugavpils / Progress (placed 6th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Jelgava.
Riga has another fixture away, a Champions League game, against Maccabi Tel Aviv in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Riga are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Riga as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Metta / LU and Riga have met before this season: Riga - Metta / LU 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Metta won zero, Riga won ten and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Masangane 7 goals |  K. Mbombo 7 goals | R. Debelko 4 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
Riga missing players
| Metta / LU | Riga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 17 | 34 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 29% | 21% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.1 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 57 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 77 | 168 |
| 51 | 29 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 34 | 78 |
| 31% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 92% | 50% | 44% |
- Metta / LU have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Metta / LU haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Riga has the most clean sheets (8)
- Riga has the most points (18) away
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+12) away
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Riga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored in all their matches so far.
- Riga have scored more than double the goals of Metta / LU.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Riga is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Spartaks Jurmala | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 8 | Jelgava | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 14 |
| 9 | Liepaja | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Tukums | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -25 | 4 |