Virsliga match prediction: Little separates Metta / LU and Valmiera / BSS in quality

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hanzas vidusskolas laukums (2000 seats)

Metta / LU hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 9th position in the Virsliga table. Visiting Valmiera / BSS holds 5th place with 33 pts.

Metta / LU and Valmiera / BSS should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Metta / LU form and stats

With 3 Virsliga wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Metta / LU, who have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Virsliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that Metta / LU will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Virsliga game against Jelgava. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Spartaks Jūrmala.

Metta / LU are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metta / LU defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Valmiera / BSS form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Virsliga. Valmiera / BSS seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Valmiera / BSS won their last game, 3-1 versus Jelgava played at home. Prior to that match, the Valmiera / BSS manager T. Pertia faced defeat when travelling to Spartaks Jūrmala and losing 0-3.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Valmiera / BSS have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Valmiera / BSS - Metta / LU 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Metta / LU victories, 3 draws and 1 Valmiera / BSS win. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Dzhamalutdinov
8 goals
R. Krollis
5 goals
K. Masangane
4 goals

Metta / LU missing players

Valmiera / BSS missing players

Metta / LU Valmiera / BSS
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played 2 12 23
5 3 1 Won 1 4 9
4 2 1 Drew 0 3 6
14 7 2 Lost 1 5 8
24 15 7 Scored 1 11 23
36 22 6 Conceded 1 13 23
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 91%
78% 92% 100% Over 1.5 0% 42% 57%
61% 75% 75% Over 2.5 0% 33% 30%
17% 25% 25% Over 3.5 0% 25% 17%
9% 17% 25% Over 4.5 0% 8% 4%
61% 75% 75% BTTS 0% 25% 35%
13% 8% 25% Clean Sheets 50% 33% 35%
30% 17% 0% Failed To Score 50% 50% 39%
 
4.8 3.9 3.5 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.2 4.2
5.7 4.5 2.8 Corners Against (avg) 3 5.5 5.3
2 2.2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.6 2.4
2 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 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.
  • Valmiera / BSS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valmiera / BSS have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Metta / LU
All Virsliga Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
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 1 - 1 Spartaks Jūrmala
10-08-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 0 Metta / LU
25-08-19 VI Metta / LU 16:30 Valmiera / BSS
30-08-19 VI Metta / LU 14:30 FC Daugavpils / Progress
14-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 Metta / LU
22-09-19 VI Metta / LU 11:00 Ventspils
29-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 16:00 Metta / LU
Valmiera / BSS
All First Liga Virsliga Latvian Cup
All Home Away
21-07-19 VI Ventspils 2 - 2 Valmiera / BSS
28-07-19 VI Rīgas FS 1 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
04-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 2 - 1 Liepāja
10-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 3 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
17-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 3 - 1 Jelgava
25-08-19 VI Metta / LU 16:30 Valmiera / BSS
14-09-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 13:00 Valmiera / BSS
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 Riga
29-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Ventspils
05-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 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 22 15 2 5 39 13 11 7 2 2 19 5 11 8 0 3 20 8 26 47
2 Rīgas FS 24 12 5 7 31 24 12 7 2 3 21 12 12 5 3 4 10 12 7 41
3 Ventspils 23 10 7 6 38 32 13 7 6 0 24 11 10 3 1 6 14 21 6 37
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 23 11 4 8 36 37 11 7 0 4 19 14 12 4 4 4 17 23 -1 37
5 Valmiera / BSS 23 9 6 8 23 23 11 5 3 3 12 10 12 4 3 5 11 13 0 33
6 Liepāja 24 8 4 12 26 28 11 4 2 5 15 13 13 4 2 7 11 15 -2 28
7 Jelgava 23 7 5 11 19 26 11 3 2 6 7 12 12 4 3 5 12 14 -7 26
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 23 7 3 13 19 36 12 4 1 7 9 15 11 3 2 6 10 21 -17 24
9 Metta / LU 23 5 4 14 24 36 12 3 2 7 15 22 11 2 2 7 9 14 -12 19

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