It's ground zero in Virsliga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Riga and Valmiera / BSS did in their pre-season friendlies!
Riga form and stats
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Riga friendly games in pre-season: Riga played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Riga scored 1 goal and conceded 1 in these one game.
Riga could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Virsliga. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Stadions Skonto they witnessed 10 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W20 - D6 - L6 from 32 games.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
It's a day of discovery for Valmiera as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Valmiera / BSS have played six with the results W0-D1-L5 (win-draw-lost). In these games Valmiera / BSS has scored 4 goals and conceded 17 times.
Let's have a look at how Valmiera / BSS performed last season in the Virsliga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Riga five wins, one draw and Valmiera / BSS two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Riga missing players
Valmiera / BSS missing players
| Riga | Valmiera / BSS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Riga | Last season | Valmiera / BSS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 59 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 44% | 59% | ||
| 47% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 38% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 25% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 38% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 38% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 38% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 331 | 178 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 289 | ||
| 150 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 122 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jelgava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Liepāja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Metta / LU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Riga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rīgas FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Spartaks Jurmala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tukums | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Valmiera / BSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | -15 | 44 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -23 | 31 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -25 | 26 |