A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rīgas FS fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Liepāja's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Rīgas FS and Liepāja should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
9-3-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Liepāja when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 20 matches are 34-24 (scored/conceded).
Rīgas FS form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Virsliga numbers at home for Rīgas FS, who have the most scored goals (31) in Virsliga, so far this season.
Rīgas manager V. Morozs and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Spartaks Jūrmala (placed 3rd) in the Virsliga. Ahead of that match, Rīgas FS won a home game hosting Valmiera / BSS (5-2).
Rīgas 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 eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rīgas as they are travelling to their away game against Jelgava in the Virsliga. That match is four days after this one.
The Rīgas manager V. Morozs has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Rīgas have conceded 5 goals.
Liepāja form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Virsliga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Liepāja's previous game was their home loss versus Riga (1-4). A 1-2 defeat away at Metta / LU before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Liepāja played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Liepāja are hosting Ventspils in the Virsliga only four days away.
Liepāja has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Liepāja have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Liepāja - Rīgas FS 2-5 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rīgas FS four wins, two draws and Liepāja four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Santana Deocleciano 7 goals |   R. Friday 6 goals | A. Herve Kouadio 5 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Rīgas FS | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 58% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 135 | 64 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 52 | 129 |
| 65 | 30 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 26 | 51 |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 35% |
- All of Liepāja's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rīgas FS has the most points from losing position (7)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals (31)
- Rīgas FS has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rīgas FS 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Valmiera / BSS | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Ventspils | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Jelgava | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 14 |
| 7 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Metta / LU | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Liepāja | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Tukums | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -22 | 4 |