Tukums stubborn opponents but Riga expect victory

The hosts Riga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, so at least Riga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Tukums play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Tukums when playing on artifical turf are 15 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 58 goals and conceded 39 times in these games.

Riga form and stats

7-0-0 is the performance here at Stadions Skonto so far in the Virsliga, giving Riga a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! Riga has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Spartaks Jurmala defeat 62 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Roberts Ozols not having conceded a league goal in 248 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager O. Kononov led his Riga to a defeat in the Champions League match away at Maccabi Tel Aviv. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadions Skonto. A strong away win before that one, visiting FC Daugavpils / Progress and winning 1-0.

Everyone expects Riga to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 17 games: 13 home wins, three draws and one defeat. Riga have won with at least two goals margin eight times in similar situations.

There will be little rest for Riga after this match as they are travelling to Metta / LU for a Virsliga game in only three days.

The Riga manager O. Kononov has got the team scoring with 17 from 7 home games in the league. Riga have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

Tukums form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tukums, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Virsliga, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Tukums, who have now gone 15 games without a victory. The Grobiņa game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The attacking players of Tukums have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 215 minutes.

Tukums might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Spartaks Jurmala proved too strong as Tukums slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Tukuma pilsētas stadions. Prior to that match, the Tukums manager J. Kalns faced defeat when travelling to Metta / LU and losing 0-2.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 43 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 26 wins, five draws and twelve defeats. seven games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tukums as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Tukums have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tukums - Riga 1-5 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Riga won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Tukums has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero

Top Goalscorers

K. Mbombo 7 goals

R. Debelko 4 goals

S. Panić 3 goals

Riga missing players

Tukums missing players