Can Super Nova surprise Riga in their own stadium?

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadions Skonto (1000 seats)

We should have a noteworthy difference in form between these sides based on results so far, with Riga ahead of Super Nova by 36 points.

Insights:
  • Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the fewest scored goals (8) in Virsliga

These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Stadions Skonto. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Super Nova have had more rest.

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Riga form and stats

Riga are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at Stadions Skonto. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

Kaplienko (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for Riga and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Riga haven't scored in 190 minutes.

Riga's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-0 versus Derry City. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Erik lost again Riga are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadions Skonto with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 21 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Riga has won 19 times, drawn 0 and lost 2. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Riga has won by at least two goals 13 times when in this position.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 19 latest league matches reveals that 16 of them had goals from both teams.

The Riga fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively Riga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Super Nova form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Super Nova so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Latvian Cup home loss versus Tukums with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

The game before that, in the Virsliga, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Auda.

Nobody expects Super Nova to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 29 times before, with the overall statistics of won 13, draw 4 and lost 12. When defeated, 10 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Super's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Super Nova rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Super Nova - Riga 1-4 was the scoreline in these squads' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. Previous four meetings with these teams: Riga won four, Super Nova triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RigaG. Ramos da Penha
G. Ramos da Penha
7 goals
RigaJ. Barnes
J. Barnes
6 goals
RigaJ. Kendysh
J. Kendysh
4 goals

Riga missing players

Super Nova missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Riga Super Nova
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
13 8 3 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
5 2 0 Lost L 2 7 15
32 17 8 Scored S 0 4 8
12 4 0 Conceded C 3 17 39
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
60% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 65%
40% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 40%
20% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
20% 10% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
60% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 60%
 
7.2 8.4 10.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 3.6
3 3.2 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 16 11.1 10.1
2.4 2.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.9 15.7 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.4 6.8
5.6 6.1 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.4 2.4
29% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 17%
 
7.2 6.6 3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 11.5 14.1
2.9 2.6 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 5.5
Key stats in Virsliga this season:
  • Riga have created more than twice as many corners as Super Nova.
  • Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Riga have scored more than double the goals of Super Nova.
  • Riga have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Virsliga
  • Riga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Super Nova have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Super Nova have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Super Nova have the fewest points (3) away in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the fewest scored goals (8) in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Virsliga
  • Super Nova have yet to win a 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 Valmiera / BSS 20 16 2 2 48 10 10 8 1 1 23 4 10 8 1 1 25 6 38 50
2 Rigas FS 20 14 3 3 50 19 10 7 2 1 23 7 10 7 1 2 27 12 31 45
3 Riga 20 13 2 5 32 12 10 8 0 2 17 4 10 5 2 3 15 8 20 41
4 Liepāja 20 12 4 4 40 20 11 5 3 3 17 11 9 7 1 1 23 9 20 40
5 Auda 20 10 3 7 28 19 9 5 0 4 17 10 11 5 3 3 11 9 9 33
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 20 7 3 10 15 33 9 4 2 3 9 11 11 3 1 7 6 22 -18 24
7 Tukums 20 6 2 12 20 39 11 3 2 6 11 24 9 3 0 6 9 15 -19 20
8 Spartaks Jūrmala 20 4 2 14 16 42 10 2 1 7 10 20 10 2 1 7 6 22 -26 14
9 Metta / LU 20 3 4 13 20 44 10 2 2 6 11 22 10 1 2 7 9 22 -24 13
10 Super Nova 20 0 5 15 8 39 10 0 2 8 4 22 10 0 3 7 4 17 -31 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Valmiera / BSS 20 16 2 2 48 10 10 8 1 1 23 4 10 8 1 1 25 6 38 50
2 Rigas FS 20 14 3 3 50 19 10 7 2 1 23 7 10 7 1 2 27 12 31 45
3 Riga 20 13 2 5 32 12 10 8 0 2 17 4 10 5 2 3 15 8 20 41
4 Liepāja 20 12 4 4 40 20 11 5 3 3 17 11 9 7 1 1 23 9 20 40
5 Auda 20 10 3 7 28 19 9 5 0 4 17 10 11 5 3 3 11 9 9 33
6 FC Daugavpils / Progress 20 7 3 10 15 33 9 4 2 3 9 11 11 3 1 7 6 22 -18 24
7 Tukums 20 6 2 12 20 39 11 3 2 6 11 24 9 3 0 6 9 15 -19 20
8 Spartaks Jūrmala 20 4 2 14 16 42 10 2 1 7 10 20 10 2 1 7 6 22 -26 14
9 Metta / LU 20 3 4 13 20 44 10 2 2 6 11 22 10 1 2 7 9 22 -24 13
10 Super Nova 20 0 5 15 8 39 10 0 2 8 4 22 10 0 3 7 4 17 -31 5

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