Rīgas FS visit Riga and Stadions Skonto full of happy thoughts, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More information on the match here!
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (42) in Virsliga
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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.
Riga form and stats
Riga have been very solid at home in the Virsliga so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A good away victory last time out for Riga, who won 4-1 against Metta / LU (placed 7th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Daugavpils / Progress in a game that was won 2-0.Defensively Riga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rīgas FS form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Rīgas FS so far, with 6-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Virsliga statistics. Rīgas have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena.
Rīgas FS have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jevgenijs Nerugals. It's been 304 minutes since they last conceded in Virsliga.
It's the second away game in a row for Rīgas FS, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Super Nova (placed 10th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Tukums.The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Rīgas alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (25 from 7 played). It's not easy to score on Rīgas FS as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Rīgas FS - Riga 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Riga one win, two draws and Rīgas FS seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 11 goals |  G. Ramos da Penha 6 goals |  J. Barnes 5 goals |
Riga missing players
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| Riga | Rīgas FS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | 42 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 87% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 67% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 57% | 27% |
| 27% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 47% |
| 53% | 71% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 53% |
| 27% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 8.1 | 10.3 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 17 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 17.1 | 16.1 |
| 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
| 30% | 28% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 46% | 41% |
| 6.9 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 2.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Virsliga
- Riga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Riga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rīgas FS have not yet lost a game away.
- Rīgas FS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Rīgas FS have the most points from losing position (10) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (25) away in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (42) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the the best goal difference (+31) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rīgas FS | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 38 |
| 2 | Valmiera / BSS | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | Liepaja | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Riga | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Auda | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 12 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
| 9 | Tukums | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -25 | 8 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -26 | 4 |
