Season ticket holders at Stadions Arkādija grass haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Metta / LU languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Ventspils will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Metta / LU form and stats
The story so far in the Virsliga for Metta / LU at their home stadium (Stadions Arkādija grass) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Metta fans got no joy from their last match, a Virsliga game also here at Stadions Arkādija grass: A 0-3 defeat against Riga (placed 1st). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Rīgas FS.
Metta / LU are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metta defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ventspils form and stats
There's been little loot from Ventspils's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Virsliga. Ventspils only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
The Ventspils goalkeeper Kostyantyn Makhnovskiy is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 213 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Ventspils's previous game versus Dinamo-Auto, a Europa League 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against FC Daugavpils / Progress in the Virsliga.
The attacking power of Ventspils when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ventspils have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ventspils - Metta 0-0. Metta-Ventspils H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Metta / LU one win, Ventspils five wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Masangane 8 goals |  E. Kozlov 6 goals | K. Svarups 5 goals |
Metta / LU missing players
Ventspils missing players
| Metta / LU | Ventspils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| 32 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 69% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 116 | 60 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 73 | 188 |
| 55 | 31 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 23 | 66 |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 22% | 35% |
- Metta / LU have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Metta / LU haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ventspils has the most matches under the total-line (9)
- Ventspils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 45 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 40 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 15 |
| 8 | Liepaja | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Jelgava | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -23 | 14 |
| 10 | Tukums | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -30 | 4 |