Virsliga preview: Home supporters expecting a win when Riga host FC Daugavpils / Progress

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Mon 30.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Latvian Cup match only four days ago.

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Riga form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at RTU stadions as Riga, who have the most scored goals (49) in Virsliga, have scored 24 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Virsliga are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager M. Koņevs led his Riga to a defeat in the Latvian Cup match away at Rīgas FS. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at RTU stadions. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Valmiera / BSS.

Riga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RTU stadions with 24 goals in 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Riga have only let in 5 goals at home.

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FC Daugavpils / Progress form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Daugavpils / Progress, who have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Virsliga, so far with only 12 Virsliga points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in FC Daugavpils / Progress's previous match, a Virsliga home game that ended 2-2 vs Valmiera / BSS (placed 5th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Metta / LU wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking FC Daugavpils / Progress's match history for similar games we find four matches. The home team won 2 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. FC Daugavpils / Progress managed 1 draw and 1 surprise win.

The attacking power of FC Daugavpils / Progress when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, FC Daugavpils / Progress have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Riga - FC Daugavpils / Progress 4-0 played earlier this season. Riga-FC Daugavpils / Progress H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Riga 3 wins, FC Daugavpils / Progress 0 wins, 0 draws. 2 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

R. Debelko
6 goals
K. Bilinski
5 goals
N. Carmona
5 goals

Riga missing players

FC Daugavpils / Progress missing players

Riga FC Daugavpils / Progress
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
18 8 2 Won W 0 3 7
3 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
5 2 1 Lost L 2 7 14
49 24 8 Scored S 3 12 23
15 5 3 Conceded C 7 24 41
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
58% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 62%
46% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 46%
27% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 27%
12% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 15%
31% 23% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 35%
54% 62% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 19%
23% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 50%
 
5.5 5.7 7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.6
3.6 3.4 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9.7 7.5 7.3
2.3 2.4 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
4 4 2 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • 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 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Riga have scored more than double the goals of FC Daugavpils / Progress.

Riga
01-09-19 LC Riga 4 - 0 Tukums
14-09-19 VI Riga 5 - 0 Metta / LU
18-09-19 VI Riga 0 - 0 Ventspils
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 0 - 1 Riga
26-09-19 LC Rīgas FS 3 - 1 Riga
30-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
19-10-19 VI Ventspils 11:00 Riga
27-10-19 VI Riga 14:00 Rīgas FS
03-11-19 VI Liepāja 12:00 Riga
09-11-19 VI Riga 12:00 Spartaks Jurmala
FC Daugavpils / Progress
17-08-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 2 - 3 Spartaks Jurmala
21-08-19 LC FC Daugavpils / Progress 1 - 2 Jelgava
25-08-19 VI Jelgava 2 - 2 FC Daugavpils / Progress
30-08-19 VI Metta / LU 1 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
14-09-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 2 - 2 Valmiera / BSS
30-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
05-10-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 12:00 Ventspils
19-10-19 VI Rīgas FS 13:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
27-10-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 12:00 Liepāja
03-11-19 VI Spartaks Jurmala 12:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress

  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 26 18 3 5 49 15 13 8 3 2 24 5 13 10 0 3 25 10 34 57
2 Rīgas FS 27 13 7 7 41 28 13 8 2 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 13 46
3 Ventspils 27 11 10 6 43 36 14 7 7 0 25 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 7 43
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 27 12 4 11 42 50 14 8 0 6 25 21 13 4 4 5 17 29 -8 40
5 Valmiera / BSS 26 9 8 9 25 26 12 5 3 4 12 11 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 35
6 Liepāja 26 8 5 13 31 35 12 4 3 5 18 16 14 4 2 8 13 19 -4 29
7 Jelgava 26 7 8 11 23 30 13 3 4 6 10 15 13 4 4 5 13 15 -7 29
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 26 7 5 14 23 41 13 4 2 7 11 17 13 3 3 7 12 24 -18 26
9 Metta / LU 27 6 6 15 28 44 15 4 4 7 19 25 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 24

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