Riga warm up for FC Daugavpils with belief in landing all three points. Will they? Open our in-depth preview!
- Riga have the most scored goals (26) in Virsliga
- FC Daugavpils is in the worst form (0-2-4)
It's no vacation for neither Riga nor FC Daugavpils 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.
Riga form and stats
Riga have been outstanding at home so far in the Virsliga with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Rigas FS here at Stadions Skonto, Riga has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Riga's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus FC Daugavpils (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Some amazing scenes last match, when Aurélio scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting FS Jelgava.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Riga have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 18 games found in the database showing 18 Riga wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The Riga manager Stipić has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Riga have only let in {2 goals} at home.
FC Daugavpils form and stats
Playing away, FC Daugavpils, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Virsliga, have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Virsliga this season. It's all red in the travel logs of FC Daugavpils, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
FC Daugavpils play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Riga (placed 1st). FC Daugavpils were so close to getting something from the game against Riga, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Tukums.Nobody expects Daugavpils to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 9 times before, with the overall statistics of won 2, draw 0 and lost 7. When defeated, 6 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Daugavpils as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, FC Daugavpils rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Riga have not lost in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) against FC Daugavpils.These competitors have played before this season: Riga - FC Daugavpils 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Regža 5 goals | D. Aurélio 4 goals | O. Niang 3 goals |
Riga missing players
FC Daugavpils missing players
| Riga | FC Daugavpils | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 73% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 10.1 | 9.3 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 13.8 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 46% | 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.6 | 9.3 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
- FC Daugavpils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Daugavpils have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- FC Daugavpils have lost all their away matches so far.
- FC Daugavpils have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Virsliga
- FC Daugavpils have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Virsliga
- FC Daugavpils have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Daugavpils haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Daugavpils is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Riga have created more than twice as many corners as FC Daugavpils.
- Riga have not yet lost a game.
- 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 FC Daugavpils.
- Riga have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Virsliga
- Riga have the most points (16) at home in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (13) at home in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (26) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Virsliga
- Riga have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Virsliga
- Riga have the the best goal difference (+22) in Virsliga
- Riga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Riga is in the best form (5-1-0) in Virsliga
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 29 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Liepaja | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Auda | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -5 | 15 |
| 6 | Metta / LU | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | FS Jelgava | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Tukums | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 9 | FC Daugavpils | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -20 | 6 |
