Only a win will satisfy the Riga supporters in this Stadions Skonto clash with FC Daugavpils / Progress, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Virsliga table.
The hosts Riga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Latvian Cup. That game was an away game at Rīgas FS, so at least Riga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Riga form and stats
Home games in the Virsliga have been a walk in the park for Riga so far, with 30 points won from 11 matches; 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Riga after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Riga faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rīgas FS (2-3). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Jelgava.
Riga can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Riga have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Daugavpils / Progress so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Daugavpils have lost on their last two travels.
M. Toņiševs scored in Daugavpils's previous match, the home game against Metta / LU that ended 1-0. A 1-2 defeat away at Tukums before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Gorshkov when M. Toņiševs scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.
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.
Daugavpils has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, FC Daugavpils / Progress have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: FC Daugavpils / Progress - Riga 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Riga six wins, zero draws and FC Daugavpils / Progress zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbombo 11 goals |  M. Regža 7 goals |  F. Bezerra Brisola 4 goals |
Riga missing players
FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players
| Riga | FC Daugavpils / Progress | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 51 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 55% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 18% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 45% |
| 55% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 286 | 147 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 89 | 190 |
| 130 | 70 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 35 | 73 |
| 39% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 49% | 38% |
- FC Daugavpils / Progress have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Daugavpils / Progress haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Virsliga
- Riga has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most clean sheets (12) in Virsliga
- Riga has the most points (30) at home in Virsliga
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Virsliga
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+37) in Virsliga
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Valmiera / BSS | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 21 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 16 |
| 10 | Tukums | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -44 | 8 |