Virsliga duel: Close contest expected between Metta / LU and Spartaks Jūrmala

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Tue 16.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Metta / LU welcome Spartaks Jūrmala for the opening game. Read on!

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Metta / LU form and stats

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 has won zero of these, drawn one and lost one.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Metta / LU friendly games in pre-season: Metta / LU played five friendlies, won 3, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Metta scored 6 goals and conceded 3 in these five games.

Last season, Metta / LU's league statistics were 6 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Virsliga. Over these 32 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season Metta / LU managed 4-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 28 conceded.

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Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Spartaks in our archives, and the results are: one win for Spartaks Jūrmala, zero draws and four defeats.

Spartaks played twelve friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. In these twelve matches Spartaks Jūrmala scored 9 and conceded 27 goals.

Let's have a look at how Spartaks Jūrmala performed last season in the Virsliga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 20/41 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Metta won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Spartaks Jūrmala has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Metta / LU missing players

Spartaks Jūrmala missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metta / LU Spartaks Jūrmala
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Metta / LU Last season Spartaks Jūrmala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
6 4   Won W   4 13
8 4   Drew D   4 5
18 8   Lost L   8 14
35 19   Scored S   20 49
60 28   Conceded C   41 64
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
78% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 81%
66% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   81% 72%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
19% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 31%
59% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 53%
16% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 31%
31% 25%   Failed to Score F T   25% 19%
 
4.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
6.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.2
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
3 3   Red cards R C   3 6
 
348 177   Total Shots T S   151 377
131 69   Shots on Target S O   68 153
27% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Daugavpils / Progress 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jelgava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Liepaja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Metta / LU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Riga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rigas FS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Spartaks Jūrmala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tukums 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Valmiera / BSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ventspils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 32 20 6 6 59 21 16 10 4 2 31 7 16 10 2 4 28 14 38 66
2 Rigas FS 32 17 8 7 55 32 16 11 2 3 37 14 16 6 6 4 18 18 23 59
3 Ventspils 32 12 11 9 47 43 16 8 7 1 27 14 16 4 4 8 20 29 4 47
4 Valmiera / BSS 32 12 10 10 37 34 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 5 6 5 16 17 3 46
5 Spartaks Jūrmala 32 13 5 14 49 64 16 9 1 6 29 23 16 4 4 8 20 41 -15 44
6 Liepaja 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 6 4 6 27 23 16 5 2 9 14 20 -2 39
7 Jelgava 32 9 11 12 34 37 16 4 6 6 15 17 16 5 5 6 19 20 -3 38
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 32 8 7 17 27 50 16 5 4 7 15 20 16 3 3 10 12 30 -23 31
9 Metta / LU 32 6 8 18 35 60 16 4 4 8 19 28 16 2 4 10 16 32 -25 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Daugavpils / Progress 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jelgava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Liepaja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Metta / LU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Riga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rigas FS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Spartaks Jūrmala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tukums 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Valmiera / BSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ventspils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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