The Virsliga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Riga and FC Daugavpils / Progress are placed 1st and 2nd respectively.
- Riga have the most scored goals (12) in Virsliga
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Virsliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Riga form and stats
The hosts won their first Virsliga game here at Sporta komplekss Ķeizarmežs, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Riga last season were 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 14 games.
Riga shared the glory with Metta / LU in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Riga had a home game versus Spartaks Jurmala which ended with a victory 6-1.
Riga has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
FC Daugavpils / Progress are still undefeated on their travels in the Virsliga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Before that, Daugavpils secured a home win against Metta / LU with the score 3-2.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Daugavpils we find five games. Results are one FC Daugavpils / Progress win, one draw and three defeats.
It's early days yet, but FC Daugavpils / Progress has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Riga seven wins, zero draws and FC Daugavpils / Progress zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Riga missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Riga | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 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 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9.8 |
| 6.8 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 44% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 47% |
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Virsliga
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Virsliga
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals (12) in Virsliga
- Riga have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Virsliga
- Riga have the the best goal difference (+10) in Virsliga
- Riga have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Virsliga
| Riga | Last season | FC Daugavpils / Progress | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 25 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 81% | ||
| 54% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 33% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 38% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 54% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 15% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Rigas FS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Liepaja | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 8 | Ventspils | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 42 | 70 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 45 | 66 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Liepaja | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 42 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -45 | 22 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 20 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 27 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 33 | -33 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 27 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 35 | -49 | 14 |