Riga vs Rīgas FS betting preview

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Wed 30.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU Stadium (3000 seats)

The managers M. Koņevs and V. Dambrauskas are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Virsliga league table.

Rīgas FS could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Latvian Cup game only four sleeps ago.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Riga are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.

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Riga form and stats

Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Virsliga, are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at RTU Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Riga manager M. Koņevs and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Jelgava (placed 7th) in the Virsliga. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ventspils (1-2).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Riga as they are travelling to their away game against Liepaja in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.

Riga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RTU Stadium with 26 goals in 14 league matches. Riga have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Rīgas FS form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Rīgas FS playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season.

Rīgas FS are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Latvian Cup against Jelgava (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs FC Daugavpils / Progress.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rīgas FS are hosting Ventspils in the Virsliga only four days away.

Rīgas FS find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Rīgas FS in these games.

Head 2 Head

Riga and Rīgas FS have met before this season: Rīgas FS - Riga 1-2. Riga-Rīgas FS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Riga 4 wins, Rīgas FS 5 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rīgas FSD. Lemajić
D. Lemajić
10 goals
Rīgas FST. Šimkovič
T. Šimkovič
8 goals
RigaR. Debelko
R. Debelko
6 goals

Riga missing players

Rīgas FS missing players

Riga Rīgas FS
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 2 Played P 2 15 30
19 9 1 Won W 0 6 16
4 3 1 Drew D 0 5 7
6 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
52 26 2 Scored S 0 17 52
17 5 0 Conceded C 5 17 30
90% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
59% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 73%
45% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 47%
24% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 20%
31% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 47%
55% 64% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 37%
24% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 27%
 
5.5 5.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 6.5 6.6
3.6 3.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.6
2.1 2.2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.3
4 4 2 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
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 FNL Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
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 2 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
19-10-19 VI Ventspils 2 - 1 Riga
23-10-19 VI Jelgava 0 - 0 Riga
30-10-19 VI Riga 18:00 Rīgas FS
03-11-19 VI Liepaja 13:00 Riga
09-11-19 VI Riga 13:00 Spartaks Jurmala
Rīgas FS
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
30-08-19 VI Liepaja 3 - 3 Rīgas FS
15-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 6 - 0 Spartaks Jurmala
21-09-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 1 Rīgas FS
26-09-19 LC Rīgas FS 3 - 1 Riga
30-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 6 - 1 Metta / LU
05-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 1 - 3 Rīgas FS
19-10-19 VI Rīgas FS 2 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
26-10-19 LC Rīgas FS 2 - 2 Jelgava
30-10-19 VI Riga 18:00 Rīgas FS
03-11-19 VI Rīgas FS 13:00 Ventspils

  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 29 19 4 6 52 17 14 9 3 2 26 5 15 10 1 4 26 12 35 61
2 Rīgas FS 30 16 7 7 52 30 15 10 2 3 35 13 15 6 5 4 17 17 22 55
3 Ventspils 30 12 11 7 46 40 15 8 7 0 27 13 15 4 4 7 19 27 6 47
4 Valmiera / BSS 30 12 8 10 34 31 15 7 3 5 18 14 15 5 5 5 16 17 3 44
5 Spartaks Jurmala 30 12 5 13 46 60 15 8 1 6 27 23 15 4 4 7 19 37 -14 41
6 Liepaja 30 10 5 15 38 41 15 6 3 6 25 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -3 35
7 Jelgava 29 8 9 12 29 35 15 4 5 6 15 17 14 4 4 6 14 18 -6 33
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 30 8 6 16 25 46 15 5 3 7 13 18 15 3 3 9 12 28 -21 30
9 Metta / LU 30 6 7 17 32 54 15 4 4 7 19 25 15 2 3 10 13 29 -22 25

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