Virsliga: Riga - Metta / LU preview and statistics

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Tue 07.May
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 2nd and 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Riga form and stats

Riga have collected 7 points from their home games so far after 2-1-1.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Jelgava in the Virsliga last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Spartaks Jurmala and winning 4-0.

Riga has scored 4 goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Riga have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Metta / LU form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

The manager A. Riherts was unhappy after their last game, a Virsliga match played at their home ground RTU stadions. Metta / LU suffered a 0-1 loss to FC Daugavpils / Progress. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Valmiera / BSS.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Metta / LU have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Metta / LU - Riga 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Riga won 8, Metta / LU won 0 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

D. Lemajić
4 goals
A. Višņakovs
3 goals
T. Dzhamalutdinov
3 goals

Riga missing players

Metta / LU missing players

Riga Metta / LU
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played 0 4 9
6 2 1 Won 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost 0 3 7
13 4 1 Scored 0 3 9
6 2 0 Conceded 0 6 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
56% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 75% 78%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 67%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 11%
33% 25% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 56%
56% 50% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 11%
11% 25% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 33%
 
5.1 5.2 6 Corners For (avg) 0 5.2 4.2
3 3.8 6 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 4.9
2.4 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2.3
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.

Riga
14-04-19 VI Riga 2 - 0 Ventspils
20-04-19 VI Rigas FS 3 - 1 Riga
24-04-19 VI Riga 1 - 0 Liepaja
28-04-19 VI Spartaks Jurmala 0 - 4 Riga
03-05-19 VI Riga 1 - 1 Jelgava
07-05-19 VI Riga 15:00 Metta / LU
13-05-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 16:00 Riga
18-05-19 VI Riga 15:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
26-05-19 VI Ventspils 14:00 Riga
01-06-19 VI Riga 15:00 Rigas FS
Metta / LU
09-04-19 VI Liepaja 2 - 1 Metta / LU
14-04-19 VI Metta / LU 3 - 0 Spartaks Jurmala
19-04-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 2 Metta / LU
27-04-19 VI Metta / LU 1 - 4 Valmiera / BSS
03-05-19 VI Metta / LU 0 - 1 FC Daugavpils / Progress
07-05-19 VI Riga 15:00 Metta / LU
12-05-19 VI Metta / LU 15:00 Ventspils
17-05-19 VI Rigas FS 15:00 Metta / LU
21-05-19 VI Metta / LU 15:30 Liepaja
25-05-19 VI Spartaks Jurmala 13:00 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 Rīgas FS 8 7 0 1 15 7 3 3 0 0 7 2 5 4 0 1 8 5 8 21
2 Riga 9 6 1 2 13 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 4 0 1 9 4 7 19
3 Valmiera / BSS 8 4 2 2 9 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 14
4 Daugava Daugavpils 9 4 1 4 10 9 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 13
5 Ventspils 8 3 3 2 10 8 5 3 2 0 8 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 12
6 Jelgava 9 3 2 4 9 10 5 2 0 3 5 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 -1 11
7 Liepāja 8 2 1 5 7 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 3 6 -4 7
8 Metta / LU 9 2 0 7 9 15 5 1 0 4 6 9 4 1 0 3 3 6 -6 6
9 Spartaks Jūrmala 8 2 0 6 8 18 4 1 0 3 5 9 4 1 0 3 3 9 -10 6