Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Riga welcomes Jelgava

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Wed 26.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Riga leading Jelgava by 16 points.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Riga form and stats

When playing at home, Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Virsliga, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus FC Daugavpils / Progress in the Virsliga last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that game, the home loss against Jelgava with the scoreline 0-1.

Riga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D1-L0.

A decent goal production from Riga in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 matches. Riga have only conceded 5 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jelgava form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Jelgava has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two travels in a row for Jelgava, whose manager M. Pahars could celebrate last time after the Virsliga win against Riga. Prior to that result Jelgava won their away game at FC Daugavpils / Progress. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Jelgava played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 1 time.

Jelgava have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. Jelgava are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Riga - Jelgava 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Riga 6 wins, 3 draws and Jelgava 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Lemajić
5 goals
K. Bilinski
4 goals
A. Višņakovs
4 goals

Riga missing players

Jelgava missing players

Riga Jelgava
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played 2 9 17
11 5 1 Won 1 3 5
2 2 1 Drew 0 3 4
5 2 0 Lost 1 3 8
28 14 2 Scored 3 9 14
12 5 1 Conceded 3 8 18
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 100% 89% 88%
56% 56% 50% Over 1.5 100% 67% 59%
39% 22% 50% Over 2.5 100% 33% 41%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 50% BTTS 100% 56% 47%
44% 44% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 29%
28% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 22% 35%
 
5.2 5.1 5.5 Corners For (avg) 3 4.3 3.7
3.6 4.1 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 7.5 5.6 5.4
2.2 2.4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2 2.2
3 3 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Riga
All Champions League Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies FNL Cup
All Home Away
01-06-19 VI Riga 2 - 0 Rīgas FS
15-06-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 2 Riga
21-06-19 VI Riga 6 - 1 Spartaks Jūrmala
26-06-19 VI Riga 0 - 1 Jelgava
20-07-19 VI Riga 0 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
30-06-19 VI Metta / LU 16:00 Riga
04-07-19 VI Riga 16:00 Valmiera / BSS
10-07-19 CL Dundalk 18:45 Riga
17-07-19 CL Riga 16:30 Dundalk
04-08-19 VI Riga 16:00 Ventspils
Jelgava
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-05-19 VI Metta / LU 2 - 1 Jelgava
08-06-19 CF BATE 0 - 2 Jelgava
15-06-19 VI Jelgava 0 - 1 Valmiera / BSS
21-06-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 0 - 2 Jelgava
26-06-19 VI Riga 0 - 1 Jelgava
30-06-19 VI Jelgava 16:00 Ventspils
06-07-19 VI Rīgas FS 16:00 Jelgava
21-07-19 VI Jelgava 15:00 Liepāja
27-07-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 15:00 Jelgava
10-08-19 VI Jelgava 15:00 Metta / LU

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Riga 18 11 2 5 28 12 9 5 2 2 14 5 9 6 0 3 14 7 16 35
2 Rīgas FS 17 9 4 4 25 17 9 5 2 2 17 10 8 4 2 2 8 7 8 31
3 Spartaks Jūrmala 17 8 2 7 25 30 8 5 0 3 14 12 9 3 2 4 11 18 -5 26
4 Valmiera / BSS 16 7 3 6 15 14 8 3 2 3 6 7 8 4 1 3 9 7 1 24
5 Liepāja 17 7 2 8 18 17 8 4 1 3 11 7 9 3 1 5 7 10 1 23
6 Ventspils 17 5 6 6 24 27 9 4 5 0 14 8 8 1 1 6 10 19 -3 21
7 FC Daugavpils / Progress 18 6 3 9 14 23 10 4 1 5 7 11 8 2 2 4 7 12 -9 21
8 Jelgava 17 5 4 8 14 18 8 2 1 5 5 10 9 3 3 3 9 8 -4 19
9 Metta / LU 17 5 2 10 19 24 8 3 0 5 11 13 9 2 2 5 8 11 -5 17

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