Home advantage could prove decisive in Rīgas FS - Liepāja battle

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Tue 25.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

2nd position in the Virsliga table for Rīgas FS so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Liepāja visits RTU stadions.

It's no vacation for neither Rīgas FS nor Liepāja as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial 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 artificial turf is 10-1-4 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.

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Rīgas FS form and stats

5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Rīgas FS, who have the most scored goals (17) at home in Virsliga, so far this season.

The Rīgas FS crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Liepāja here at RTU stadions in a Virsliga match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ventspils in a game that was won 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rīgas FS handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L1.

Rīgas FS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RTU stadions with 17 goals in 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Liepāja form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term.

Two travels in a row for Liepāja, whose manager M. Zuntners could celebrate last time after the Virsliga win against Rīgas FS. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Ventspils.

We have checked recent matches where Liepāja have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W2-D1-L1.

The attacking power of Liepāja when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored in 9 matches. Liepāja have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rīgas FS and Liepāja have met before this season: Rīgas FS - Liepāja 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rīgas FS 3 wins, 1 draw and Liepāja 6 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Šimkovič
6 goals
T. Malec
5 goals
V. Jagodinskis
4 goals

Rīgas FS missing players

Liepāja missing players

Rīgas FS Liepāja
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played 2 9 17
9 5 1 Won 0 3 7
4 2 0 Drew 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost 2 5 8
25 17 4 Scored 0 7 18
17 10 2 Conceded 2 10 17
82% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 78% 50% Over 1.5 0% 56% 53%
47% 67% 50% Over 2.5 0% 33% 41%
29% 44% 50% Over 3.5 0% 0% 12%
18% 22% 50% Over 4.5 0% 0% 6%
47% 67% 50% BTTS 0% 44% 41%
35% 22% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 24%
35% 22% 50% Failed To Score 100% 56% 41%
 
6.9 7.8 7 Corners For (avg) 8 5.7 5.6
4 3.3 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 5 5.2
2.5 2.7 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 2.9 2.8
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Liepāja have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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 at home as Liepāja have scored away.
  • Rīgas FS have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Rīgas FS
22-05-19 VI Rīgas FS 0 - 1 Valmiera / BSS
27-05-19 VI Rīgas FS 3 - 2 FC Daugavpils / Progress
01-06-19 VI Riga 2 - 0 Rīgas FS
15-06-19 VI Rīgas FS 4 - 1 Ventspils
25-06-19 VI Rīgas FS 1 - 2 Liepāja
29-06-19 VI Spartaks Jūrmala 14:00 Rīgas FS
06-07-19 VI Rīgas FS 16:00 Jelgava
11-07-19 EL Olimpija - Rīgas FS
18-07-19 EL Rīgas FS - Olimpija
21-07-19 VI Metta / LU 13:00 Rīgas FS
Liepāja
26-05-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
01-06-19 VI FC Daugavpils / Progress 1 - 0 Liepāja
15-06-19 VI Liepāja 1 - 2 Riga
20-06-19 VI Liepāja 4 - 0 Ventspils
25-06-19 VI Rīgas FS 1 - 2 Liepāja
05-07-19 VI Liepāja 16:45 Spartaks Jūrmala
11-07-19 EL Dinamo Minsk - Liepāja
18-07-19 EL Liepāja - Dinamo Minsk
21-07-19 VI Jelgava 15:00 Liepāja
28-07-19 VI Metta / LU 14:00 Liepāja

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Riga 17 11 2 4 28 11 8 5 2 1 14 4 9 6 0 3 14 7 17 35
2 Rīgas FS 17 9 4 4 25 17 9 5 2 2 17 10 8 4 2 2 8 7 8 31
3 Spartaks Jūrmala 17 8 2 7 25 30 8 5 0 3 14 12 9 3 2 4 11 18 -5 26
4 Valmiera / BSS 16 7 3 6 15 14 8 3 2 3 6 7 8 4 1 3 9 7 1 24
5 Liepāja 17 7 2 8 18 17 8 4 1 3 11 7 9 3 1 5 7 10 1 23
6 Ventspils 17 5 6 6 24 27 9 4 5 0 14 8 8 1 1 6 10 19 -3 21
7 FC Daugavpils / Progress 17 6 2 9 14 23 9 4 0 5 7 11 8 2 2 4 7 12 -9 20
8 Jelgava 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 2 1 5 5 10 8 2 3 3 8 8 -5 16
9 Metta / LU 16 5 1 10 19 24 8 3 0 5 11 13 8 2 1 5 8 11 -5 16