Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Riga welcomes Ventspils

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

Riga and Ventspils are both riding high in the Virsliga with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Riga and Ventspils.

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Riga form and stats

Riga, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Virsliga, are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at RTU stadions. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Riga has won five games in a row. The Valmiera / BSS match was the last time out without a victory. Riga are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Riga's previous game was a Virsliga match also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Metta / LU (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a Latvian Cup home match hosting Tukums in a game that was won 4-0.

Riga are traveling soon after this match as the Virsliga match at Valmiera / BSS awaits in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Riga are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 12 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Riga have only let in 5 goals at home.

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Ventspils form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Ventspils have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Ventspils delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Jelgava (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Virsliga game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Spartaks Jūrmala at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Ventspils has another fixture away, a Virsliga game, against Metta / LU in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Ventspils are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Ventspils have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ventspils - Riga 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Riga won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Ventspils has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 10

Top Goalscorers

T. Aiyegun
11 goals
R. Debelko
6 goals
K. Bilinski
5 goals

Riga missing players

Ventspils missing players

Riga Ventspils
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
24 12 1 Played P 1 11 25
17 8 1 Won W 0 4 11
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 8
5 2 0 Lost L 1 6 6
48 24 2 Scored S 1 15 40
15 5 0 Conceded C 4 21 33
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 92%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 60%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 27% 24%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 18% 8%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 64%
50% 58% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 28%
21% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 8%
 
4.9 5.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.9 6.3
3.8 3.7 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 4.2 4.3
2.3 2.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
3 3 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ventspils have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ventspils haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Riga
All Champions League Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies FNL Cup
All Home Away
22-08-19 EL København 3 - 1 Riga
25-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 2 - 4 Riga
29-08-19 EL Riga 1 - 0 København
01-09-19 LC Riga 4 - 0 Tukums
14-09-19 VI Riga 5 - 0 Metta / LU
18-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 Ventspils
22-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 15:00 Riga
26-09-19 LC Rīgas FS 16:00 Riga
30-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
19-10-19 VI Ventspils 11:00 Riga
Ventspils
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-08-19 EL Vitoria Guimaraes 6 - 0 Ventspils
18-08-19 VI Ventspils 3 - 0 Rīgas FS
24-08-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 2 Ventspils
31-08-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 0 - 1 Ventspils
14-09-19 VI Ventspils 1 - 1 Jelgava
18-09-19 VI Riga 15:00 Ventspils
22-09-19 VI Metta / LU 13:00 Ventspils
29-09-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Ventspils
05-10-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 12:00 Ventspils
19-10-19 VI Ventspils 11:00 Riga

  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 24 17 2 5 48 15 12 8 2 2 24 5 12 9 0 3 24 10 33 53
2 Rīgas FS 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 8 2 3 27 12 13 5 4 4 13 15 13 45
3 Ventspils 25 11 8 6 40 33 14 7 7 0 25 12 11 4 1 6 15 21 7 41
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 26 11 4 11 38 48 13 7 0 6 21 19 13 4 4 5 17 29 -10 37
5 Valmiera / BSS 25 9 8 8 25 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 14 4 5 5 13 15 0 35
6 Liepāja 25 8 5 12 29 31 12 4 3 5 18 16 13 4 2 7 11 15 -2 29
7 Jelgava 25 7 7 11 22 29 12 3 3 6 9 14 13 4 4 5 13 15 -7 28
8 FC Daugavpils / Progress 26 7 5 14 23 41 13 4 2 7 11 17 13 3 3 7 12 24 -18 26
9 Metta / LU 26 6 5 15 25 41 14 4 3 7 16 22 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 23

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