Rīgas FS welcomes Metta / LU as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Latvia Virsliga
Date: Mon 30.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: RTU stadions (1000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Latvian Cup match only four days ago. This match was also played here at RTU stadions. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Metta / LU have had more rest.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Rīgas FS form and stats

Rīgas FS, who have the most scored goals (27) at home in Virsliga, are steadily winning Virsliga games and points here at RTU stadions. 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

Rīgas FS's last game was hosting Riga (placed 1st) and winning 3-1. A 1-1 draw away in the Virsliga before that, with Jelgava the opponent.

Rīgas FS 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 six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W4-D1-L1.

Goals decide football matches and Rīgas FS are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 13 league matches. Rīgas FS have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Metta / LU form and stats

Metta / LU, who have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Virsliga, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Virsliga, after 2-2-8 (12 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Metta / LU's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Metta / LU's previous match, a Virsliga home game that ended 3-3 vs Ventspils (placed 3rd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Riga wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Metta / LU played away with similar odds. This revealed eleven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 3 were draws and the home team won as expected 8 times.

The attacking power of Metta / LU when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Metta / LU have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Metta / LU - Rīgas FS 1-1. Rīgas FS-Metta / LU H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rīgas FS 7 wins, Metta / LU 1 win, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

T. Dzhamalutdinov
9 goals
T. Šimkovič
7 goals
D. Lemajić
7 goals

Rīgas FS missing players

Metta / LU missing players

Rīgas FS Metta / LU
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 12 27
13 8 3 Won W 0 2 6
7 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
7 3 0 Lost L 4 8 15
41 27 7 Scored S 2 9 28
28 12 3 Conceded C 11 19 44
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
70% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 74%
44% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 59%
26% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 22%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 15%
44% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 56%
37% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 19%
30% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
6.8 7.1 10.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 5.4 4.7
4.7 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.2 7.2 5.9
2.4 2.5 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 3
Key stats This season:
  • Metta / LU have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 at home.
  • Rīgas FS have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metta / LU have scored away.

Rīgas FS
All Virsliga Europa League Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-08-19 LC Liepāja 1 - 2 Rīgas FS
30-08-19 VI Liepāja 3 - 3 Rīgas FS
15-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 6 - 0 Spartaks Jurmala
21-09-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 1 Rīgas FS
26-09-19 LC Rīgas FS 3 - 1 Riga
30-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 16:00 Metta / LU
05-10-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 13:00 Rīgas FS
19-10-19 VI Rīgas FS 13:00 FC Daugavpils / Progress
26-10-19 LC Rīgas FS 11:00 Jelgava
27-10-19 VI Riga 14:00 Rīgas FS
Metta / LU
All Virsliga Latvian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 VI Jelgava 1 - 0 Metta / LU
25-08-19 VI Metta / LU 0 - 0 Valmiera / BSS
30-08-19 VI Metta / LU 1 - 0 FC Daugavpils / Progress
14-09-19 VI Riga 5 - 0 Metta / LU
22-09-19 VI Metta / LU 3 - 3 Ventspils
30-09-19 VI Rīgas FS 16:00 Metta / LU
05-10-19 VI Liepāja 11:00 Metta / LU
20-10-19 VI Spartaks Jurmala 11:00 Metta / LU
27-10-19 VI Metta / LU 12:00 Jelgava
09-11-19 VI Valmiera / BSS 12:00 Metta / LU

  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 26 18 3 5 49 15 13 8 3 2 24 5 13 10 0 3 25 10 34 57
2 Rīgas FS 27 13 7 7 41 28 13 8 2 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 13 46
3 Ventspils 27 11 10 6 43 36 14 7 7 0 25 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 7 43
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 27 12 4 11 42 50 14 8 0 6 25 21 13 4 4 5 17 29 -8 40
5 Valmiera / BSS 26 9 8 9 25 26 12 5 3 4 12 11 14 4 5 5 13 15 -1 35
6 Liepāja 26 8 5 13 31 35 12 4 3 5 18 16 14 4 2 8 13 19 -4 29
7 Jelgava 26 7 8 11 23 30 13 3 4 6 10 15 13 4 4 5 13 15 -7 29
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 27 6 6 15 28 44 15 4 4 7 19 25 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 24

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