3rd position in the Virsliga table for Rīgas FS so far this season, a great showing. The home team fans pray for more joy as 4th-placed Liepāja visit.
- Rīgas FS have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Virsliga
- Liepāja have the most clean sheets (9) in Virsliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Liepāja have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 11-3-9 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
Rīgas FS form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 11 Virsliga games here for Rīgas FS. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Rīgas has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Rīgas supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Riga (after extra-time) in Latvian Cup and win 3-1.
A 1-1 draw away in the Virsliga before that, with Valmiera / BSS the opponent.Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Rīgas FS has scored 31 goals here in 11 home games. From these home matches, Rīgas FS have conceded only 10 goals.
Liepāja form and stats
6-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Liepāja in their Virsliga matches away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Liepāja goalkeeper Krisjanis Zviedris is eager to challenge this, with his 256 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Liepāja are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Latvian Cup against Valmiera / BSS (placed 1st).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Metta / LU at their stadium, the result 3-0.The schedule is very tough for Liepāja now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Virsliga game at Riga is waiting in only three days.
Liepāja has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Liepāja have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Liepāja - Rīgas 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Rīgas won six games, two matches ended with a tie and Liepāja got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  Ž. Lipušček 5 goals |  L. Hilario Dodo 5 goals |
Rīgas FS missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Rīgas FS | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 44 | 31 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 34 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 83% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 72% | 82% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 65% |
| 39% | 55% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 15% |
| 56% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 40% |
| 44% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 15.2 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 40% | 39% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 43% | 43% |
- Liepāja have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Liepāja have the most clean sheets (5) away in Virsliga
- Liepāja have the most clean sheets (9) in Virsliga
- Liepāja haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rīgas FS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Virsliga
- Rīgas FS have the most scored goals (31) at home in Virsliga
- 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 | Valmiera / BSS | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Riga | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 44 |
| 3 | Rīgas FS | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 44 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Spartaks Jurmala | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 25 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 15 |
| 8 | Noah Jurmala | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | -64 | 3 |
| 9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |