Riga and Spartaks Jūrmala are both riding high in the Virsliga with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
The visiting Spartaks Jūrmala played their last game only four days ago, a Virsliga match.
Riga form and stats
The story so far in the Virsliga for Riga, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Virsliga, at their home stadium (Stadions Skonto) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena.
The Riga goalkeeper Roberts Ozols is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Virsliga.
A good away victory last time out for Riga, who won 1-0 against Valmiera / BSS (placed 4th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ventspils.
Manager O. Kononov felt very clever after J. Nkololo scored the winning goal against Valmiera / BSS, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
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 five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
The manager O. Kononov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Liepāja in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Riga's attacking play is working. Defensively Riga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartaks Jūrmala form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Spartaks Jūrmala playing as the away team in the Virsliga this season.
Spartaks Jūrmala have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 240 minutes since they last conceded in Virsliga.
Spartaks go into this game after a win, the home game against Metta / LU that ended 2-0. Prior to that result Spartaks Jūrmala won their away game at FC Daugavpils / Progress. The scoreline was 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rigas FS in just four days.
Spartaks has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Spartaks struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Spartaks Jūrmala - Riga 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Riga victories, one draw and one Spartaks Jūrmala win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Belaković 8 goals |  K. Mbombo 4 goals |  F. Bezerra Brisola 3 goals |
Riga missing players
Spartaks Jūrmala missing players
| Riga | Spartaks Jūrmala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 60% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 117 | 63 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 37 | 97 |
| 52 | 25 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 20 | 55 |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 31% |
- All of Spartaks Jūrmala's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Riga has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Riga has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Riga has the most clean sheets (6)
- Riga has the most points (15) at home
- Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+17)
- Riga has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
- Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Riga have scored in all their matches so far.
- Riga have won all their matches at home so far.
- Riga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Riga is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Spartaks Jūrmala has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Spartaks Jūrmala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spartaks Jūrmala have scored in all their matches so far.
- Spartaks Jūrmala haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Jelgava | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 12 |
| 7 | Liepāja | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Tukums | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -22 | 2 |