Exciting top table page-turner in Virsliga as Liepāja have come the 124 miles required to confront Rīgas FS at their Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss.
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (42) in Virsliga
- Liepāja have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Virsliga
This field has the surface artifical turf, unlike Liepāja's home stadium. The last 13 games by the away side on artifical turf have seen 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Rīgas FS form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss as Rīgas FS have scored 17 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Virsliga are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Rīgas has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Rīgas 49. vidusskolas sporta komplekss. We remember; it was Valmiera.
No payout for Rīgas FS in their previous match, an away game at Riga that ended in defeat 0-2.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Super Nova and winning 3-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Rīgas matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
The manager Morozs will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Valmiera in only four days.
The Rīgas FS manager Morozs has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Rīgas FS have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Liepāja form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Liepāja so far, with 7-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Virsliga statistics. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Liepāja's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Valmiera game.
Liepāja failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Valmiera (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Auda at their stadium, the result 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Liepāja when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Liepāja are hosting Tukums in the Virsliga only four days away.
Liepāja are a potent attacking force on the road with their 21 goals in 8 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended Liepāja - Rīgas FS 2-3, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: seven wins for Rīgas, two draws and one win for Liepāja. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ilić 11 goals |  L. Villela Rezende 7 goals |  E. Santana Deocleciano 5 goals |
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| Rīgas FS | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 44% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 44% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 50% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 12% | 12% |
| 7.9 | 8.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 15.1 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
| 6.8 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 39% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 49% | 39% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 10.1 | 8.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Liepāja have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Liepāja have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Virsliga
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rīgas FS have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most points from losing position (10) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (42) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 32 | 41 |
| 2 | Rīgas FS | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 29 | 38 |
| 3 | Liepāja | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Riga | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | Auda | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 8 | Tukums | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 9 | Spartaks Jurmala | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 8 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -26 | 5 |
