Virsliga: Riga - Liepāja preview and statistics

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

1st position in the Virsliga table for Riga so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Liepāja visits RTU stadions.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Liepāja have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 11-2-6 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.

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Riga form and stats

Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Virsliga, are steadily winning games and points here at RTU stadions. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

Happy days for Riga in their previous game, a Virsliga match away at Rīgas FS that ended with a 2-1 victory. The points were shared before that, a Europa League home game that ended 1-1 versus HJK.

The Riga fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 matches. Defensively Riga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Liepāja form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Liepāja playing as the away team this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Liepāja as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Metta / LU match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Virsliga home defeat versus FC Daugavpils / Progress with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Liepāja manager M. Zuntners faced defeat when travelling to Valmiera / BSS and losing 1-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rīgas FS in just three days.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games, an average of less than one per game. Liepāja have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Liepāja - Riga 1-2, played this season. Riga-Liepāja H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Riga 6 wins, Liepāja 2 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

K. Bilinski
5 goals
D. Lemajić
5 goals
Dodo
5 goals

Riga missing players

Liepāja missing players

Riga Liepāja
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played 3 12 22
14 6 1 Won 1 4 8
2 2 1 Drew 0 2 4
5 2 1 Lost 2 6 10
38 18 2 Scored 2 11 25
13 5 1 Conceded 4 14 25
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 100% 92% 91%
62% 60% 33% Over 1.5 67% 58% 59%
48% 30% 0% Over 2.5 33% 42% 50%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 0% 8% 18%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 8% 9%
33% 30% 0% BTTS 33% 50% 50%
48% 50% 67% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 23%
24% 30% 67% Failed To Score 67% 50% 36%
 
5 5.2 5.7 Corners For (avg) 5.7 5.8 5.9
3.5 3.7 2.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 4.1 4.7
2.2 2.5 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.7 2.8 2.7
3 3 1 Red Cards 0 0 1
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
20-07-19 VI Riga 4 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
25-07-19 EL Piast Gliwice 3 - 2 Riga
01-08-19 EL Riga 2 - 1 Piast Gliwice
06-08-19 EL Riga 1 - 1 HJK
11-08-19 VI Rīgas FS 1 - 2 Riga
15-08-19 EL HJK 16:00 Riga
18-08-19 VI Riga 16:00 Liepāja
21-08-19 LC Riga 16:00 Tukums
25-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 15:00 Riga
31-08-19 VI Jelgava 15:00 Riga
Liepāja
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-07-19 EL Norrköping 2 - 0 Liepāja
28-07-19 VI Metta / LU 2 - 3 Liepāja
01-08-19 EL Liepāja 0 - 1 Norrköping
04-08-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 2 - 1 Liepāja
11-08-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 2 FC Daugavpils / Progress
18-08-19 VI Riga 16:00 Liepāja
21-08-19 LC Liepāja 16:00 Rīgas FS
24-08-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Ventspils
30-08-19 VI Liepāja 16:00 Rīgas FS
21-09-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 12:00 Liepāja

  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 21 14 2 5 38 13 10 6 2 2 18 5 11 8 0 3 20 8 25 44
2 Rīgas FS 23 12 5 6 31 21 12 7 2 3 21 12 11 5 3 3 10 9 10 41
3 Spartaks Jūrmala 22 10 4 8 33 35 11 7 0 4 19 14 11 3 4 4 14 21 -2 34
4 Ventspils 21 8 7 6 33 31 12 6 6 0 21 11 9 2 1 6 12 20 2 31
5 Valmiera / BSS 22 8 6 8 20 22 10 4 3 3 9 9 12 4 3 5 11 13 -2 30
6 Liepāja 22 8 4 10 25 25 10 4 2 4 14 11 12 4 2 6 11 14 0 28
7 Jelgava 22 7 5 10 18 23 11 3 2 6 7 12 11 4 3 4 11 11 -5 26
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 22 7 3 12 17 33 11 4 1 6 7 12 11 3 2 6 10 21 -16 24
9 Metta / LU 23 5 4 14 24 36 12 3 2 7 15 22 11 2 2 7 9 14 -12 19

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